Gender-sensitive social protection and the MDGs: Gender dynamics cut across all eight of the Millennium Development Goals

Overseas Development Institute

Policy dialogue on the Millennium Development Goals must recognize that the goals are linked by the gender dynamics of power, poverty and vulnerability.  This briefing paper draws on ODI’s research on social protection and gender in eight countries and three regions funded by DFID and AusAID and discusses how social protec­tion interventions (including public works programs, asset and cash transfers, and targeted social services) can promote an inter­linked gender-sensitive approach to the MDGs.  It looks at three clusters of Goals, including serv­ice access, care and care-giving .    

 

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