Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries

The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to address existing gender inequalities through social protection. Program designs should be adjusted to account for gender, in a manner informed by existing analysis, while taking a long-term approach. Related issues of political economy, coordination,...

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Autores principales: Hidrobo, Melissa, Kumar, Neha, Palermo, Tia, Peterman, Amber, Roy, Shalini
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143162
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author Hidrobo, Melissa
Kumar, Neha
Palermo, Tia
Peterman, Amber
Roy, Shalini
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description The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to address existing gender inequalities through social protection. Program designs should be adjusted to account for gender, in a manner informed by existing analysis, while taking a long-term approach. Related issues of political economy, coordination, and financing that have gender considerations should be explored in future guidance. Because these are complex issues and unintended consequences of programming are possible, more research is needed on intersections of social protection, gender and pandemics, where ethically feasible. At a minimum, monitoring statistics should be sex- and age-disaggregated and, where possible, data should be collected to ensure risks to beneficiaries do not increase. Taken together, these policy adjustments and new evidence can lay the groundwork for more gender-sensitive social protection systems in LMICs both during the crisis and beyond.
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spelling CGSpace1431622025-11-06T03:51:13Z Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries Hidrobo, Melissa Kumar, Neha Palermo, Tia Peterman, Amber Roy, Shalini gender less favoured areas covid-19 social protection food security cash transfers The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to address existing gender inequalities through social protection. Program designs should be adjusted to account for gender, in a manner informed by existing analysis, while taking a long-term approach. Related issues of political economy, coordination, and financing that have gender considerations should be explored in future guidance. Because these are complex issues and unintended consequences of programming are possible, more research is needed on intersections of social protection, gender and pandemics, where ethically feasible. At a minimum, monitoring statistics should be sex- and age-disaggregated and, where possible, data should be collected to ensure risks to beneficiaries do not increase. Taken together, these policy adjustments and new evidence can lay the groundwork for more gender-sensitive social protection systems in LMICs both during the crisis and beyond. 2020-06-01 2024-05-22T12:12:18Z 2024-05-22T12:12:18Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143162 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293793 https://www.ifpri.org/blog/why-gender-sensitive-social-protection-critical-covid-19-response-low-and-middle-income Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hidrobo, Melissa; Kumar, Neha; Palermo, Tia; Peterman, Amber; and Roy, Shalini. 2020. Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries. In COVID-19 and global food security, eds. Johan Swinnen and John McDermott. Part Six: Gender, Chapter 21, Pp. 91-94. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_21.
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cash transfers
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Palermo, Tia
Peterman, Amber
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Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
title Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
title_full Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
title_fullStr Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
title_full_unstemmed Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
title_short Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
title_sort why gender sensitive social protection is critical to the covid 19 response in low and middle income countries
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less favoured areas
covid-19
social protection
food security
cash transfers
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