Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
As social protection programs and systems adapt to mitigate against the COVID-19 crisis, gender considerations are likely to be overlooked in an urgent effort to save lives and provide critical economic support. Yet, past research and learning indicates that small adaptations to make program design...
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| author | Hidrobo, Melissa Kumar, Neha Palermo, Tia Peterman, Amber Roy, Shalini |
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| description | As social protection programs and systems adapt to mitigate against the COVID-19 crisis, gender considerations are likely to be overlooked in an urgent effort to save lives and provide critical economic support. Yet, past research and learning indicates that small adaptations to make program design and implementation more gender-sensitive may result in overall and equality-related gains. We summarize some of these considerations for LMICs across five areas: 1) Adapting existing schemes and social protection modality choice, 2) targeting, 3) benefit level and frequency, 4) delivery mechanisms and operational features, and 5) complementary programming. It is our hope that COVID-19 will be an opportunity to address, and not exacerbate, pre-existing gender inequalities and lay the groundwork for more gender-sensitive social protection programming in LMICs beyond the crisis, building toward the wellbeing of societies as a whole. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1435802025-11-06T04:38:19Z Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries Hidrobo, Melissa Kumar, Neha Palermo, Tia Peterman, Amber Roy, Shalini gender covid-19 health social protection developing countries women As social protection programs and systems adapt to mitigate against the COVID-19 crisis, gender considerations are likely to be overlooked in an urgent effort to save lives and provide critical economic support. Yet, past research and learning indicates that small adaptations to make program design and implementation more gender-sensitive may result in overall and equality-related gains. We summarize some of these considerations for LMICs across five areas: 1) Adapting existing schemes and social protection modality choice, 2) targeting, 3) benefit level and frequency, 4) delivery mechanisms and operational features, and 5) complementary programming. It is our hope that COVID-19 will be an opportunity to address, and not exacerbate, pre-existing gender inequalities and lay the groundwork for more gender-sensitive social protection programming in LMICs beyond the crisis, building toward the wellbeing of societies as a whole. 2020-04-01 2024-05-22T12:15:20Z 2024-05-22T12:15:20Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143580 en https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00791 https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lky002 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2019.102410 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293649_10 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133762_22 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133551 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hidrobo, Melissa; Kumar, Neha; Palermo, Tia; Peterman, Amber; and Roy, Shalini. 2020. Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries. IFPRI Issue Brief April 2020. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293793. |
| spellingShingle | gender covid-19 health social protection developing countries women Hidrobo, Melissa Kumar, Neha Palermo, Tia Peterman, Amber Roy, Shalini Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries |
| title | Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_full | Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_fullStr | Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_short | Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_sort | gender sensitive social protection a critical component of the covid 19 response in low and middle income countries |
| topic | gender covid-19 health social protection developing countries women |
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