ESRC-DFID Research for Policy and Practice: Women, work and social protection

is collection of ESRC-DFID-funded research explores the need for a holistic approach to social protection moving beyond a framing of poverty alleviation as primarily being about access to the traditional labour market and cash transfers to encompass a broader range of considerations. Explores research from Bangladesh, Malawi, Lesotho, South Africa and Rwanda.

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“The Door has Opened”: Moving Forward with Menstrual Health Programming in Bangladesh
M. Coultas, M. Das, E. Nur, S. Warrington / International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 2021
This article examines and reflects upon the Menstrual Health (MH) landscape and programming in Bangladesh, assessing the progress, challenges, and potential ways forward.
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Revisiting the impact of covid-19 on adolescents in urban slums in Dhaka, Bangladesh: round 2
S. Ahmed Raha, S. Rana, S. Al Mamun / Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme, 2021
This research is part of the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme, a nine-year, mixed methods longitudinal research and evaluation programme following the lives of 20,000 adolescents in six low- and middle-income countries.
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The future of work: Findings of research commissioned by the Oxfam ‘Empower Youth for Work’ program
B. Faith, J. Flynn, K. Hernandez, T. Roberts / Oxfam Novib, 2020
Empower Youth for Work (EYW) is a five-year program (2016-2021) run by Oxfam, funded by the IKEA Foundation.
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Women in the gig economy: paid work, care and flexibility in Kenya and South Africa
A. Hunt / Overseas Development Institute, 2019
The gig economy is expanding globally, with exponential growth forecast in traditionally female-dominated sectors – notably on-demand household services including cooking, cleaning and care work. But little research to date has focused on gendered experiences of gig work or on gig workers outside North America and Europe.
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Women’s economic engagement and childcare: Moving from survival to a ‘triple boon’
D. Chopra, S. Nazneen, M. Krishnan / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2019
Women’s childcare responsibilities are often seen as a barrier to them undertaking paid work. However, this is a two-way interaction, mediated by large quantities of unpaid work.

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