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EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SAFETY NETS ON THE EMPOWERMENT OF DISABLED PERSON IN PAKISTAN

17 Pages : 133-139

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).17      10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).17      Published : Mar 2021

Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan

    This article focuses on the means through which emerging nations' social safety nets reach the poor with impairments. A framework is presented for evaluating the integration of people with disabilities (PWDs) in social safety nets (SNNs). The article begins by reviewing the data on the relationship between disability and poverty, followed by a discussion of the possible roles that safety nets may play in the context of disability. Disability-specific safety nets may be provided to people with disabilities via both inclusive mainstream programs and disability-specific programs. The main objective of the study is to check the effects of social safety nets on the lives of persons with disabilities. For the purpose of information gathering, 500 disabled persons were selected randomly from the list provided by the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), Pakistan. Data was collected with the help of a well-structured interview schedule, and collected data were processed through a statistical package for social sciences. Findings illustrate that social safety nets are helpful for the persons with disability and bring them mainstream society by eliminating poverty.

    Social Safety Net Programs (SSNPs), SSN, Poverty, PWD, BISP, Regression, Pakistan
    (1) Muhammad Zaheer Khan
    PhD Scholar, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Nazia Malik
    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Zahira Batool
    Chairperson, Department of Sociology, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Khan, M. Z., Malik, N., & Batool, Z. (2021). Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, VI(I), 133-139. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).17
    CHICAGO : Khan, Muhammad Zaheer, Nazia Malik, and Zahira Batool. 2021. "Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, VI (I): 133-139 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).17
    HARVARD : KHAN, M. Z., MALIK, N. & BATOOL, Z. 2021. Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan. Global Sociological Review, VI, 133-139.
    MHRA : Khan, Muhammad Zaheer, Nazia Malik, and Zahira Batool. 2021. "Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, VI: 133-139
    MLA : Khan, Muhammad Zaheer, Nazia Malik, and Zahira Batool. "Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review, VI.I (2021): 133-139 Print.
    OXFORD : Khan, Muhammad Zaheer, Malik, Nazia, and Batool, Zahira (2021), "Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan", Global Sociological Review, VI (I), 133-139
    TURABIAN : Khan, Muhammad Zaheer, Nazia Malik, and Zahira Batool. "Effects of Social Safety Nets on the Empowerment of Disabled Person in Pakistan." Global Sociological Review VI, no. I (2021): 133-139. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2021(VI-I).17