Abstract
O artigo tem por objetivo percorrer o processo de constituição e concretização do sistema de proteção social na América latina e nele localizar as medidas específicas de proteção social, adotadas pelo governo brasileiro, no atendimento das demandas da população idosa. Escolheu-se como marco histórico de análise da realidade latino-americana, a I Conferência Intergovernamental sobre Envelhecimento na América Latina e Caribe, realizada pela Comissão Econômica Para a America latina e Caribe -CEPAL, em novembro/2003, em Santiago no Chile, como síntese das medidas de proteção social que vem sendo destinadas pelos países do continente ao segmento social idoso. Para a experiência brasileira elegeu-se como marco as prerrogativas legais relacionadas aos direitos dos idosos e à Seguridade Social implementadas a partir dos anos de 1990. São abordadas as concepções sobre proteção social e envelhecimento, encaradas como direito e conquista da civilização humana no século 21.
Highlights
Social Protection for the Elderly: concepts, guidelines and recognition of rights in Latin America and Brazil
The purpose of this article is to review the process of the constitution and concretization of the social protection system in Latin America and in it locate the specific social protection measures adopted by the Brazilian government to meet the needs of the elderly population
It selected as its historic marker for the analysis of the Latin American reality, the 1st Intergovernmental Conference about Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, conducted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLA), in November 2003, in Santiago, Chile, which presented a synthesis of the social protection measures that countries on the continent had that were aimed at the elderly population
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Social Protection for the Elderly: concepts, guidelines and recognition of rights in Latin America and Brazil.
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