Innocenti Research Report Promoting Gender-Transformative Change through Social Protection: An analytical approach Published: 2022 Innocenti Research Report Social protection can reduce income poverty and food and economic insecurity, address financial barriers to accessing social services, and promote positive development outcomes throughout the life course – particularly for women and girls. But can it address preexisting gender inequalities through the design, implementation and financing of its programmes?To strengthen the evidence base ‘what works’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ for social protection to contribute to gender equality, this report proposes and presents an analytical approach to evidence generation on gender-responsive social protection for gender-transformative change. It builds on the Gender-Responsive Age-Sensitive Social Protection (GRASSP) conceptual framework, and on the theoretical, conceptual and empirical literature on gender and social protection. Structured as a socio-ecological framework, our approach presents three interconnected change pathways – at the individual, household and societal level – through which gender-responsive social protection can contribute to gender-transformative results, along with tailored design and implementation features, and underpinned by a set of change levers that existing evidence suggests can strengthen the gender-responsiveness of social protection systems. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 50 | Thematic area: Gender equality | Tags: finance, financial policy, financial resources, gender discrimination, gender equality, gender issues, gender-responsive programmes, implementation programmes, local finance, social protection, social protection programmes × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2022 Promoting Gender-Transformative Change through Social Protection: An analytical approach. , pp. 50.
Innocenti Research Briefs Cash transfers – Past, present and future: Evidence and lessons learned from the Transfer Project AUTHOR(S) Nyasha Tirivayi; Jennifer Waidler; Frank Otchere Published: 2021 Innocenti Research Briefs Since 2009, the Transfer Project has generated rigorous evidence on the impacts of cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa and has supported their expansion. The Transfer Project is a collaborative network comprising UNICEF (Innocenti, Regional and Country Offices), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, national governments and researchers. It aims to “provide evidence on the effectiveness of cash transfer programmes, inform the development and design of cash transfer policy and programmes, and promote learning across SSA on the design and implementation of research and evaluations on cash transfers”.This brief summarizes the current evidence and lessons learned from the Transfer Project after more than a decade of research. It also introduces new frontiers of research. + - Cite this publication | Tags: cash transfers, social protection, social protection programmes × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Nyasha Tirivayi; Jennifer Waidler; Frank Otchere 2021 Cash transfers – Past, present and future: Evidence and lessons learned from the Transfer Project.
Innocenti Research Report The Difference a Dollar a Day Makes: A Study of UNICEF Jordan’s Hajati Programme Published: 2021 Innocenti Research Report What difference does a dollar a day make? For the poorest households in Jordan, many of whom escaped conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, UNICEF Jordan’s Hajati humanitarian cash transfer programme helps them keep their children in school, fed and clothed – all for less than one dollar per day. In fact, cash transfers have the potential to touch on myriad of child and household well-being outcomes beyond food security and schooling. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 110 | Tags: cash transfers, child well-being, education, jordan, out-of-school youth, school attendance, schooling, social protection, social protection programmes, syrian arab republic × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION 2021 The Difference a Dollar a Day Makes: A Study of UNICEF Jordan’s Hajati Programme. , pp. 110.
Innocenti Research Report Mainstreaming gender into social protection strategies and programmes: Evidence from 74 low- and middle-income countries AUTHOR(S) Elena Camilletti; Tara Patricia Cookson; Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed; Rita Sandoval; Silke Staab; Constanza Tabbush Published: 2021 Innocenti Research Report The importance of mainstreaming gender into social protection policies and programmes is increasingly recognized. However, evidence on the extent to which this is actually happening remains limited. This report contributes to filling this evidence gap by drawing on the findings of two complementary research projects undertaken by UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti and UN Women in 2019. Using a specifically developed analytical framework, these two projects reviewed 50 national social protection strategies and 40 social protection programmes across a total of 74 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to assess the extent to which they incorporate gender equality concerns. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 48 | Thematic area: Social protection | Tags: gender equality, gender-responsive programmes, social protection programmes × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Elena Camilletti; Tara Patricia Cookson; Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed; Rita Sandoval; Silke Staab; Constanza Tabbush 2021 Mainstreaming gender into social protection strategies and programmes: Evidence from 74 low- and middle-income countries. , pp. 48.
Innocenti Research Report The Difference a Dollar a Day Can Make: Lessons from UNICEF Jordan's Hajati cash transfer programme AUTHOR(S) Luisa Natali; Jacobus de Hoop Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Report What difference does a dollar a day make? For the poorest households in Jordan, many of whom escaped conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, UNICEF Jordan’s Hajati humanitarian cash transfer programme helps them keep their children in school, fed and clothed – all for less than one dollar per day. In fact, cash transfers have the potential to touch on myriad of child and household well-being outcomes beyond food security and schooling. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 9 | Thematic area: Child Poverty, Social protection, Social Protection, Well-being and Equity | Tags: cash transfers, child well-being, education, jordan, out-of-school youth, school attendance, schooling, social protection, social protection programmes, syrian arab republic × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Luisa Natali; Jacobus de Hoop 2020 The Difference a Dollar a Day Can Make: Lessons from UNICEF Jordan's Hajati cash transfer programme. , pp. 9.
Innocenti Research Briefs Impact of the United Republic of Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net on Child Labour and Education AUTHOR(S) Jacobus de Hoop; Margaret W. Gichane; Valeria Groppo; Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski Published: 2020 Innocenti Research Briefs In the United Republic of Tanzania, nearly 30 per cent of children engage in child labour.1 About 30 per cent of children do not attend school and another 20 per cent combine school and work. Although state schools do not charge fees, households still face schooling costs, including for uniforms, shoes, books and school materials. With funding from the United States Department of Labor, researchers at the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti examined whether the PSSN leads to improved schooling and reduced engagement in child labour.2 To do so, the research team combined a quantitative impact evaluation with a qualitative study involving children and caregivers. + - Cite this publication | No. of pages: 5 | Thematic area: Child Work and Labour | Tags: child labour, school fees, social protection programmes × COPY BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION Jacobus de Hoop; Margaret W. Gichane; Valeria Groppo; Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski 2020 Impact of the United Republic of Tanzania’s Productive Social Safety Net on Child Labour and Education. , pp. 5.