3. Gender-sensitive social protection

This webinar includes presentations on four subthemes of politics of gender, public policy responses to care work during COVID-19, impact of COVID-19 on women in informal sectors and  making gender-sensitive social protection systems shock-responsive. 

Webinar Speaker(s): Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed (UNICEF), Juan Gonzalo Meija (WFP), Rebecca Holmes (Overseas Development Institute), Karishma D'mello (Economic Policy Research Institute)

Webinar Presentation- Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed (UNICEF)

Webinar Presentation- Juan Gonzalo Meija (WFP)

Webinar Presentation- Rebecca Holmes (Overseas Development Institute)

Webinar Presentation- Karishma D'mello (Economic Policy Research Institute)

Webinar Video Recording (starts at 0h9m50s and ends at 1h20m00s)

Supporting Resource 1: This paper published by Social Indicators Research examines the impact of a conditional cash transfer on multidimensional deprivation of young women based on evidence from South Africa’s HTPN. [Click here]

Supporting resource 2: This document by Social Protection Approaches authored by Valentina Barca, Madhumitha Hebbar and Alexandra Cote outlines key entry points for increasing inclusiveness via information systems at each stage of the social assistance delivery chain, with a special focus on gender and disability. [Click here]