This document discusses revisions made to social protection training modules to make them more disability-inclusive and gender-responsive. The organization PRESTO revised 9 existing modules to incorporate best practices in gender-sensitive and disability-inclusive social protection based on evidence reviews and expert interviews. The revisions included short case studies, ensuring programs are designed to do no harm, and addressing issues like gender budgeting, inclusive monitoring and evaluation, and program design. An example case study describes a gender assessment conducted in Tanzania prior to scaling up electronic payments for a social protection program, which identified gaps in women's access to and use of technologies.

1. Disability-inclusive &
gender responsive
edits to TRANSFORM
modules
Tia Palermo, Ph.D.
PRESTO

2. Aims: Build national and
sub-national capacity to
design and implement
social protection systems.
“A transformational
approach to teaching and
knowledge sharing is
required to bridge the gap
between theory and
implementation.”
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3. How to make your social protection programme
gender-responsive
• Incremental progress is a great start!
• Gender can be integrated into existing
programmes & processes
• Easy to make programmes gender
sensitive (not a heavy lift)
• PRESTO revised the existing 9
modules to ensure the training
represents best practice principles
in gender-sensitive and disability-
inclusive social protection.
• Reviewed the evidence
• Interviewed social protection experts
• Short case studies
• Incorporation of best practice
principles
• Frame disability and gender within an
overarching framework of inclusive
social protection.
• Key issues for inclusive MIS, M&E and
program design
• Gender budgeting & budgeting
compliant with rights of persons with
disability
• Appreciating interlinkages
• Gender assessments
• Ensure programmes designed to do
no harm
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The Government of the United Republic of Tanzania piloted e-payments, but prior to
further scale-up a gender assessment was conducted.
Gaps identified:
• <70% of poor women live in a household with a cell phone .
• mobile money use more common among men than women.
• Only 3% of TASAF beneficiaries had national IDs to register sim cards in their names.
• When given a choice in the e-payment pilot, only 31% of participants opted for e-
payments.
• Lack of technological know-how, lack of phones, and poor network coverage.
Case study: Gender assessment of e-payments
prior to scaling up in Tanzania’s PSSN

5. Thank you
UNICEF contact for TRANSFORM-related questions
Tayllor Spadafora (ESARO)
trspadafora@unicef.org
Sara Abdoulayi (WCARO)
sabdoulayi@unicef.org
PRESTO contact:
tiampalermo@policyresearchsolutions.com
Team credits:
Tia Palermo
Maja Gavrilovic
Morgon Banks
Nikola Balvin
Lusajo Kajula
With research assistance from Xanthe Hunt and Graca
Marwerwe
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