Social Security in Fighting Child Poverty

Abstract

Child poverty is a complex problematic that cannot be tackled solely on the basis of income level. How child needs are defined, how they are met, how resources reach the household and how they are shared, how the child is associated with continuous services such as care, and how parents are supported are of decisive importance in the fight against child poverty. In our study, which argues that the social security system should play a functional role in this struggle, the phenomenon of combating child poverty is addressed on the basis of the right to social security. In our country, where family insurance, which is an effective social insurance practice in preventing children from facing the risk of poverty, have not yet been put into practice, attention has been drawn to the sociopolitical gaps created by the inadequacy of the our social security system in combating household-oriented poverty. In conclusion, it has been argued that all children should be directly insured against socio-economic risks as in general health insurance, that there is a need to determine widow/widower pensions based on the poverty profile and needs of the household and that it is beneficial to implement child-oriented social insurance practices.