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Can social protection simultaneously reduce violence against children and violence against women?

Can social protection simultaneously reduce violence against children and violence against women?

Impact evaluation Social Protection Violence Against Children

By Amber Peterman, Alessandra Guedes

Despite the identification of cash transfers as a promising evidence-informed strategy to address violence against children (VAC) and violence against women (VAW) – until recently, there was little evidence from low- and middle-income country settings (LMICs), that assessed the effects of such interventions on both in the same study.… Read more →←
Do Cash Grants Increase Pregnancies? Evidence from Asia and the Pacific says “No”

Do Cash Grants Increase Pregnancies? Evidence from Asia and the Pacific says “No”

Evidence to Policy Impact evaluation Social Protection

By Amber Peterman

A common fear among policymakers is that government-provided benefits for households with young children – including cash transfers – may increase incentives to have children, to gain or maintain program eligibility. This is a topic we’ve had our eyes on for some time through the Transfer Project.  By conducting reviews of… Read more →←
Why developing more measures of social and gender norms really matters for gender equality

Why developing more measures of social and gender norms really matters for gender equality

Gender Impact evaluation Social Protection Uncategorized

By Supriya Sthapit

Supriya Sthapit recently completed an internship at UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti. In this blog, Supriya reflects on her work reviewing existing gender equality measures on social and gender norms, and how they can be used to strengthen research and evaluation studies, including on gender equality and social protection. In… Read more →←
Fast access to cash provides urgent relief to those hardest hit by COVID—19

Fast access to cash provides urgent relief to those hardest hit by COVID—19

Impact evaluation Social Protection

By Jacobus de Hoop, Luisa Natali, Alexis Boncenne, Angie Lee

COVID—19 is wreaking health and economic turmoil worldwide. These impacts are all the more pronounced in low-income or crisis-affected countries, where the economic crisis caused by the pandemic may hit harder than the virus itself. This is the case for Jordan which, in addition to 15.7% of its population living below the poverty line,… Read more →←
Awkward truths and the changing face of social protection

Awkward truths and the changing face of social protection

Gender Impact evaluation Social Protection

By Ruth Graham-Goulder

Social protection is a fundamental right and key tool in addressing shocks, vulnerability and poverty. It can make the difference that keeps a child from going to bed hungry and missing school. It can allow people to access essential healthcare and to adapt more easily to climate-related disasters. Expanding coverage and improving the… Read more →←
¿Son sensibles al género las transferencias monetarias en América Latina?

¿Son sensibles al género las transferencias monetarias en América Latina?

Gender Impact evaluation Social Protection

By Constanza Ginestra

La división de tareas de cuidado infantil entre madres y padres es desigual incluso en aquellos países donde la perspectiva de género es la principal motivación en el diseño de la política. Por ello, necesitamos preguntarnos: ¿Estamos haciendo lo suficiente para promover la igualdad de género? ¿Cómo las políticas sociales… Read more →←
Are Cash Transfers in Latin America Gender-Sensitive?

Are Cash Transfers in Latin America Gender-Sensitive?

Impact evaluation Social Protection

By Costanza Ginestra

Even in countries where gender equality is a main driver in policy design, the division of childcare among parents is unequal. We need to ask some important questions: Are we doing enough to promote gender equality? How can social policies be better designed to close the gender gap and empower all women and girls? How can social… Read more →←
Five Questions with Dr. Fidelia Dake on Researching Impacts of Cash Transfers in Africa

Five Questions with Dr. Fidelia Dake on Researching Impacts of Cash Transfers in Africa

Impact evaluation Social Protection

By Amber Peterman

How does a Ghanaian female scholar navigate social-protection research in Africa?   Fidelia Dake is a Lecturer at the Regional Institute for Population Studies at the University of Ghana, and recently completed a research fellowship in UNICEF Innocenti with the Transfer Project. UNICEF Innocenti’s Amber Peterman sits down with… Read more →←

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