AMMAN — In Jordan, 143,000 women are
actively insured through the SSC, including 29,891 voluntary subscribers, according
to a statement issued by the Social Security Corporation (SSC) and carried by
Hala News.
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Furthermore, since maternity insurance was
instated in the Kingdom in 2011, 92,902 maternity disbursals have been made,
benefiting 66,579 women at a total value of JD101.5 million.
The social protection system linked to
maternity insurance has strengthened the protection of women working in the
private sector, bringing the number of beneficiaries of home care allowances to
12,301 insured women, the corporation noted.
Empowering women through social securityIn the statement, the SSC congratulated
Jordanian women and all insured women on the occasion of International Women's
Day for their “great efforts and achievements at various levels for the
advancement of the Kingdom”, emphasizing the role of social security in
protecting and empowering women economically and socially.
The SSC also called on working women to
inquire about their right to social security when joining the labor market, and
to ensure they are covered by insurance that takes into account their real
wages.
The statement stressed the importance of
boosting Jordanian women’s participation in economic activity by providing a
decent and woman-friendly work environment that safeguards their full labor
rights, including their right to social security, in order to protect them from
poverty and allow them to contribute to the development process alongside
Jordanian men.
Safeguarding women’s rightsThe corporation called on all economic
establishments to take the initiative to include female workers in social
security from the date they begin their employment and on the basis of their
real wages, with the aim of providing them with social protection and
supporting their economic participation.
The SSC will continue to confront the
phenomenon of insurance evasion with force and legal measures, it said in the
statement.
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