Social protection and the empowerment of rural women in Africa

"The second webinar in the 'Gender-Sensitive Social Protection' series explored the potential of social protection to contribute to the empowerment of rural women, focusing on the African region. Amber Peterman discussed the evidence behind two common assumptions underpinning the targ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Tebaldi, Raquel, Hoffmann, Mariana, Gavrilovic, Maja
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15679
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15679
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Social protection. empowerment
rural
women
Africa
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Sumario:"The second webinar in the 'Gender-Sensitive Social Protection' series explored the potential of social protection to contribute to the empowerment of rural women, focusing on the African region. Amber Peterman discussed the evidence behind two common assumptions underpinning the targeting of cash transfer programmes: that targeting women as the recipients of benefits will lead to spending cash in a more 'family-friendly' way, and that social protection programmes will necessarily empower beneficiary women. In both instances, where rigorous studies exist, the current evidence is mixed". (…)