Social protection
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- Policy paper
This resource highlights how children in poverty across low- and middle-income countries are the most affected by climate change, impacting their health, education, nutrition, and living conditions. The Young Lives evidence shows that these impacts…
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- Graphic resource, Multimedia
This infographic has been developed to support those working on designing and delivering social protection activities by highlighting the key issues relating to gender equality and social inclusion and why it’s important for social protection policy…
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- Evidence/literature review
This report is a summary of evidence of good practice in gender based violence (GBV) response and prevention service delivery in Jordan, with a specific focus on the refugee population. It includes how to increase the local capacity of national…
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- Evidence digest, Fact sheet
This fact sheet provides a short overview of why social protection is a powerful tool for advancing gender equality and empowering women and girls. It highlights how the system can prevent and protect people from poverty, vulnerability and social…
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- Podcast
In times of crisis and conflict, social protection systems are under pressure but remain crucial for supporting vulnerable groups. This podcast episode explores how gender-responsive social protection helps women, children, and marginalised…
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- Multimedia, Podcast
This podcast episode explores how social protection systems can move beyond addressing women’s basic needs to actively challenging gender norms that perpetuate inequality. The episode reflects on how social programmes can unintentionally reinforce…
This infographic summarises evidence from a Young Lives Study of children’s experiences of violence in Vietnam, Ethiopia, Peru and India. It looks at what children say about violence, how it impacts them, and the main themes that emerged from a…
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- Evidence/literature review, Policy paper
This policy note examines the impact of gender-based violence (GBV) and presents evidence-based findings across three regions. It highlights the social and economic costs of violence against women and girls and explores the surge in gender-based…
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This digital event will take place on 13th May. The aims of the event are to:present the main findings of the ‘Cash and voucher assistance with indigenous and afrodescendant people: towards more equitable assistance’ studyprovide a platform for…
This guidance note aims to support designing and delivering gender-responsive and inclusive social protection systems. It highlights key gender equality and social inclusion considerations and their importance in policy, programmes and systems. It…
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- Evidence/literature review, Report
This article examines how social protection systems have supported women and girls during COVID-19 and highlights the need for gender-responsive approaches in recovery efforts. It calls for greater investment in social protection systems that…
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- Guidance document, Tools and templates
This resource from the Work and Opportunities for Women helpdesk (WOW helpdesk) is aimed at sustainability, climate and procurement professionals working in multinational companies. It explains how companies can make their work more environmentally…
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- Policy paper
This resource sets out the concept of social protection as a ‘solar’ system – a simple, cohesive, visually clear system. The system is made up of different ‘building blocks’, relating to policy, programme design, implementation and delivery. The…
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- Guidance document
This resource from the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) programme provides guidance on how to ensure socially excluded people are taken into consideration in crisis settings, including humanitarian and conflict-affected…
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- Guidance document
This resource provides advice on how to design a national disability-inclusive social protection system. It is aimed at policy makers and practitioners, offering examples from work of the governments and development organisations in different…
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- Evidence digest
This evidence digest presents the contextually specific challenges of providing social assistance to displaced populations, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and irregular migrants. It highlights the complexities introduced by…
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- Evidence/literature review
This resource from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) helpdesk examines available evidence on policy and administrative barriers faced by internally displaced persons. It looks at how they are impacted while accessing basic…
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- Evidence/literature review, Report
This resource from the Knowledge, evidence and learning for development (K4D) helpdesk sets out available evidence from the humanitarian and development sector related to accountability processes in crises. It also explains the importance of…
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- Evidence digest
This evidence review explores the importance of prioritising the inclusion of marginalised groups in social assistance in contexts of recurrent shocks, climate and humanitarian crises, protracted conflict, and forced displacement. Crises often…
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- Report
Analysis of policy approaches to social protection has become detailed and sophisticated, but does not typically extend beyond the formal rights-based policy provision. The authors investigate how this can be extended to contextualise provision…
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- Policy paper, Report
This policy paper highlights key messages from research focusing on universal cash transfers and social pension programmes from the ESRC-DFID Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation. It is an output of the Impact Initiative for International…