A Regional Landscape Mapping of Gender-responsive Social Protection in East Asia and Pacific
Assessing gaps in gender responsiveness within social protection systems across 19 countries in East Asia and the Pacific
Highlights
Social protection plays a critical role in tackling women’s economic vulnerabilities, reducing the unequal distribution of unpaid care work and addressing risks of gender-based violence. This is particularly critical in East Asia and the Pacific, where women face high levels of informal employment, discriminatory labour practices, gaps in health and maternity protection and widespread gender-based violence (GBV). Understanding how social protection systems respond to gender inequality issues and the political space for change requires both a systems approach and a gendered political economy analysis. The Landscape Mapping report assesses gaps in gender responsiveness in social protection systems through a regional landscape analysis of 19 countries in East Asia and the Pacific. It maps policies and key social assistance programmes, reviews policy trends and evaluates the extent and quality of gender responsiveness.
The three case studies link broad policy trends with country-specific analyses of opportunities and assess the political space for advancing this agenda at the national level.
