Gender-responsive social protection in times of COVID-19

A multi-country research and learning initiative to provide rigorous evidence on the impact of large-scale national cash transfer programmes.

Gender and age play a disproportionately large role in how people experience risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities. A new four-year research programme to understand the intersections of gender inequalities and norms with ages and stages in the life course mean women and girls are at a heightened risk of poverty.