Feb 22, 2022

Ms. Nevin Al-Kabbaj, Minister of Social Solidarity, announced the inclusion of 3,000 rural women pioneers in the social insurance system, starting from January 2022, at a cost of 4.5 million pounds annually, for the first time in the history of the insurance system, as they are among the categories of irregular workers that Social Insurance Law No. Their insurance, and taking care of their interests, with the Ministry supervising the provision of an integrated package of social protection through coordination with the relevant authorities. The Minister of Social Solidarity said that coordination had been made with the National Authority for Social Insurance to include women social pioneers in insurance protection, in implementation of presidential mandates to extend social protection to all categories of irregular workers. A decision was issued by the head of the National Social Insurance Authority to include rural women pioneers in the category of irregular workers, allowing them to enjoy all the benefits of the new social insurance law, especially obtaining a retirement pension, in addition to many other social benefits such as a pension for injury during work, and a pension for the heirs in the event of the death of the insured. Their families are currently receiving a pension of no less than 916 pounds, with the minimum pension gradually increasing over the coming years. Al-Qabbaj confirmed that the decision allows insurance for social pioneers as of January 1, 2022, at a rate of 9% of the minimum insurance wage of 1,400 pounds per month. Thus, each pioneer will pay 126 pounds per month for the insurance subscription, provided that the Ministry of Social Solidarity transfers the contributions to the Social Insurance Authority. In return, the state will contribute by paying 168 pounds per month for each pioneer, which is the employer’s share, bringing the total monthly subscription to 294 Egyptian pounds for each social leader. Al-Qabbaj pointed out that there are many sectors of irregular employment that have already entered the social insurance system in the recent period, such as members of the acting, musical, and plastic arts unions, in addition to categories of fishermen and workers in the field of waste recycling, in addition to workers in the construction sector, stressing the Ministry of Social Solidarity’s endeavor to include all categories of irregular workers in the social insurance system so that they can benefit from all the services and benefits provided by the state in the field of social protection, which is witnessing an unprecedented qualitative boom thanks to the social policies implemented by the government. Establishing the new republic that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi seeks to establish.