Abstract:"The fifth webinar in the gender-sensitive social protection series focused on the Caribbean region. Bénédicte Leroy de la Brière's presentation questioned whether adopting a gender-sensitive approach to social protection enhances the poverty reduction effectiveness of programmes, highlighting the state of knowledge regarding several key areas, such as education and labour market outcomes, as well as current knowledge gaps. Mario Esteban Sosa presented the case of the 'Eating is First' (Comer es primero) programme in the Dominican Republic and its gender dimensions in terms of food security". (...)

Keywords:Gender-sensitive, social protection, Caribbean

Publication Date:12 May 2017

Type/Issue:One Pager/352

ISSN:2318-9118