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Philippines: Social Protection

Support Project (SPSP)

Gender Specialists
Specialists’ Annual Consultation Workshop
26 October 2010

Uzma Hoque
South East Asia Department

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 Overview of the Presentation
y The SPSP project, outcome, design
features and key gender issues addressed

y Leveraging of GDCF funds to strengthen

and maximize gender impacts of the
project

y Some key learning/ messages

 Project
The Project…
y Supports the Philippines Government
implement
i l t and
d expand d its
it social
i l protection
t ti
agenda:
- The
Th C Conditional
diti l Cash
C h Transfer
T f Program
P –
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(4Ps)
- The National Household Targeting System
for poverty reduction ( NHTS-PR)
NHTS PR)
 The Project – Key Elements
• Conditional
C diti l health
h lth and
d education
d ti cash
h grants
t to
t
eligible families

• Health grant of P500/month conditional on regular health

check-ups, immunizations, pre- and post-natal care, and
delivery attended by skilled personnel (80% births)

• Education grant of P300/child 6-14 years old,

conditional on school attendance of at least
85%/
85%/monthth

• 580,000 Households receive cash ggrants, at least 90%

grant recipients are women - direct payments to mothers’
bank accounts

• Covers 436 municipalities and 37 cities in 53

provinces
Key Gender Issues Addressed by the Project
y low utilization of health care by
y women,
especially emergency obstetric and maternal
care
y high
hi h iinfant
f t morbidity
bidit and
d mortality
t lit and
d itits effects
ff t on
women's work burdens
y insufficient allocation of resources for the health
and education of girl children
y intra household gender roles and control over
resources
y poor women's limited access to income and
economic resources
 Th DMF
The
Impact: Reduced income poverty and non-income poverty
Outcome: Increased consumption and utilization of
education and health services among poor HHs and
women beneficiaries
-90% each of boys and girls (6-14 yrs) in beneficiary HHs attend
school
-70% pregnant women deliver in health facility and 80% of births
delivered by skilled health personnel
Output 1: National targeting system to select poor HHs
implemented efficiently
-20% of poor HHs nationwide registered
-At least 3 national programs use NHTS-PR
-60%
60% of HHs registered receive benefits of social protection
 Th DMF
The
Output 2: Conditional health & education grants provided to poor
HHs
-580,000HHs receive cash, 90% grant recipients women
-80% mothers receive grant regularly and on time
-80%
80% of HHs meet education and health conditions
Output 3: Strengthen capacity of CCT program operations
- 200 central and local staff acquire knowledge on gender analysis, IP
sensitivity and prevention of sexual harassment
sensitivity, harassment.
- Gender action plan implemented and Participatory gender audits and
community-driven gender action plans piloted in 12 municipalities
Output 4: Improved systems for M&E
-MIS established
90% grievances resolved within established time protocol
At least 2 rounds of spot checks of HHs
HHs, schools
schools, clinics
clinics, MLs annually
 Key Design Features
Output 1:
y Disseminate info on survey through appropriate
media and ensure survey schedules consider
women’s schedules
O t t 2:
Output 2
y Bank accounts are opened in women’s names
y Cash transfers at hours convenient to women and
in culturally acceptable conditions
y Training on citizenship and rights, leadership,
domestic violence, child care, nutrition, etc
y Targets 70% male attendance in family
development sessions on gender responsive family
practices
 Key Design Features
Output 2:
y Briefing on prevention of SEA,
SEA redress and
grievance system, reporting channels and punitive
measures
y Information to access support and complementary
services
Output 3:
y Training to all 4Ps staff on gender issues and
prevention
ti off SEA
Output 4:
y Gender equality indicators integrated in the overall
M&E framework
GDCF TA to Strengthen
g Gender Impacts
p of
Social Protection
y During design of SPSP and field visits:
significant potential of project to promote
women’s empowerment identified:
- Mobilization of mother’s groups to address needs
and concerns
- Supporting women to engage in livelihood
enhancing activities
- Increasing social interactions and greater
participation of women in communal and public life
 GDCF TA Outputs
p
y Participatory gender audits of the implementation
p p
processes and impact of 4Ps ((women beneficiaries
and 4Ps staff)
y Community driven and municipal gender action
plans (GAPs) based on specific needs of
beneficiaries
y Grants to municipalities to operationalise the GAPs
y Knowledge product on management of gender in
CCT program
y Piloted
Pil t d iin 36 b
baranguays iin 12 municipalities
i i liti iin 6
regions
y US$ $ 300,000
, –p
piggy
ggy backed TA to loan
Municipal
p GAPs to be facilitated by
y
GDCF
y women:
Indicative activities identified by
- Transport assistance for 4Ps beneficiaries
- Building skills and support for women's mobilization
aroundd gender
d issues
i
- Mapping of services and establishing referral mechanism for
accessing complimentary services
- Provision of business management knowledge and skills
- Interim care assistance and support for women victims of
violence
- Crèches for children to ease women's time burdens and
support women's labor market participation
/ t
/entrepreneurial
i l activities
ti iti
 Key
y learning/
g messages
g
y Linking social protection with complementary
services: cash transfers + complementary support/
services – integrated approach
y Taking g into account gender
g specific
p constraints:
- rural, urban, ethnic variations, women’s schedules
for cash transfers, appropriate media for info
dissemination, etc.
y Supporting awareness raising and women’s
mobili ation
mobilization:
- Fostering an understanding of citizenship and
rights “the
rights, the right to have rights”
rights , encouraging women
to protect their rights and to hold others accountable
 Key
y learning/
g messages
g
y Importance of gender analysis: identifies key gender
impacts, assesses unintended effects, dispels inaccurate
p
assumptions

y Using gender analysis and project design to identify

additional actions for women’s empowerment and
l
leveraging
i GDCF funds
f d

y Gender mainstreaming into all the outputs/ project

d i
design: t
targeting,
ti transfers,
t f capacity
it development
d l t and
d M&E

y GAP indicators integrated into overall M&E for regular

reporting

y Capacity development for staff (on the job support/

coaching, refresher training
coaching training, peer exchange and quarterly or
six monthly feedback sessions on achievements/ challenges
and monitoring)
 Beneficiary
y Statements
y Nueva Ecija, a parent leader said the 4 Ps program resulted in “mas
magaan na buhay at relasyon ng mag-asawa” (lighter load in life
and better relationship between husband and wife).
wife) They are
now less anxious about making ends meet and providing the basic
needs of their family.

y Some household grantees consider the 4Ps a “blessing”.

y Rosalita, a parent leader said that the family development

sessions of 4Ps helped in improving her confidence and
“opened up her eyes to the problems of the community and the
plight of her fellow mother beneficiaries".
THANK YOU