Yap Summit Community Sector - Yap State Government

YAP STATE GOVERNMENT
Recommendations were made to support the achievement of the Goal:
• The links suggested in the “Links with over sectors” section should be further explored to promote a more
effective social action and cohesion to tackle existing and emerging social problems.
• Training may be needed to introduce networking and cooperative skills between the different
stakeholders involved in Gender activities understood as relation between horizontal categories such as,
for example, women and youth.
Gender # 8: Establish social protection and social welfare services for seniors.
strong impediments/not understood
Positive aspects towards the achievement of the Goal:
• The Yap Women Association Building may have a strong potential in tackling the lack of elderly welfare
care services, and other social problems, in a context of erosion of the extent of the support of the
extended family.
Critical aspects were highlighted that may affect the final achievement of the Goal:
• My Care does not include a specific plan that addresses elderly needs.
• The sense of family responsibility in relation to elderly care may be challenged by the changes in the
broader social and State context where migration, economic constraints and changes in working needs
and schedules may not insure complete coverage of elderly needs based on the support of a modified
family extension and structure.
Recommendations were made to support the achievement of the Goal:
• Further analysis through focus groups to identify the economic extent of the changes in the extended
family structure may help to identify the most suitable way to support families’ needs related to welfare
services for seniors.
• Pensions and Retirement plans have not yet being considered in the analysis of seniors’ services.
[Working Group Note: Further investigation in this respect is needed to provide accurate
recommendations.]
Gender # 9: Address the special economic, political and social needs of disabled persons and persons with special
needs.
strong impediments
Critical aspects were highlighted that may affect the final achievement of the Goal:
• Disability, as seniors’ care, is traditionally handled as a family responsibility. However the changes in the
broader social and State context of migration, economic constraints and changes in working needs and
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