Have social protection responses to Covid-19 undermined or supported gender equality? Emerging lessons from a gender perspective

Rebecca Holmes and Abigail Hunt

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the extent to which social protection responses to the crisis have recognised and addressed the gendered impacts of the crisis. Drawing on case studies from South Africa and Kerala, India, the paper looks at the design and implementation features of the social protection response from a gender perspective, and offers policy recommendations for strengthening gender in social protection and crisis response in the future.