The right of persons with family responsibilities to social protection: world experience
Authors: Sokhan Maria 
Published: July 2020

Problem setting. In modern socio-economic conditions, the problem of social protection of persons with family responsibilities becomes especially relevant. In the process of life of families with minor children, there are a large number of social risks, including disability, illness, poverty, child support alone, etc., which requires the state to develop and adopt qualitatively new social programs aimed at protection of the given subject of the right of social security from adverse consequences of such risks.
Analysis of recent researches and publications. In social security law, issues related to the right of persons with family responsibilities to social protection have not gone unnoticed by researchers and are among a number of important theoretical developments in this area. In particular, attention was paid to this issue M. I. Polupanov, V. S. Shaikhatdinov, O. G. Azarova, E. I. Astrakhan, T. I. Ivankina, V. D. Novikov, I. A. Vetukhova, L. B. Kulachok, O. M. Yaroshenko and other lawyers.
Target of research – is to analyze the world experience on the right of persons with family responsibilities to social protection and the possibility of its application in Ukraine.
Article’s main body. There is still no single international act that establishes standards for the social protection of persons with family responsibilities. In this regard, we can say that the general principles and characteristics relating to social protection of this category of persons, and adopted in order to achieve the optimal level of order in this area of public relations, are governed by a number of international legal acts enshrining fundamental rights persons in the field of social protection and determine the standards of their implementation, the basics of social protection of motherhood as a state that gives the right to care and assistance from the state and society, as well as the principles of social protection of the family to which necessary protection and assistance so that it can fully commit itself to educating the younger generation.
Conclusions and prospects for the development. Summing up the above, it was concluded that the study of international documents allowed to determine the degree of their impact on national legislation and sources of social security law. For Ukraine, bringing national legislation in the field of social protection of persons with family responsibilities in line with international standards in this area is an important and necessary step. Therefore, at the current stage of development for Ukraine, the priority is to create a regulatory framework to protect the rights and freedoms of persons with family responsibilities, which would fully meet international standards and ensure the implementation of these rights and provide a mechanism to protect them in case of violation. As for compliance with international standards today, we can note the following: a) in order to create conditions for regulatory and legal support of state policy regarding persons with family responsibilities in Ukraine adopted a number of regulations; b) to promote the gender interests of working men and women, the current legislation of Ukraine has been streamlined in accordance with the main provisions of the ILO Convention 156 on Equal Treatment and Equal Opportunities for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities