How Social Protection Programs Can Help to Tackle Gender-Bas

How Social Protection Programs Can Help to Tackle Gender-Based Violence

Getting a social protection program off the ground includes a myriad of decisions. To whom should the benefits be paid? Should benefits be paid manually or digitally? And what complementary information and services should be bundled with the cash? These design choices—like many others—have implications for gender-based violence (GBV) within households. A growing body of evidence finds that cash transfers reduce violence against women and children—even when the cash transfer was not designed with violence prevention in mind.

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