Resources
Social Protection
Access to adequate social protection, especially cash transfers where these are appropriate, is essential at times of crisis. Learn about the work of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in this field, accessing different resources related to cash and social protection below.
Linking, building on, or aligning humanitarian cash responses with national social protection programmes and systems, where feasible and appropriate, can contribute to an efficient and effective response and achieve lasting results. COVID-19 national responses are accelerating this trend using cash as their preferred support modality for social assistance.
If you have any questions related to CVA you can contact the Cash Helpdesk, which provides remote technical advice to staff or volunteers of the Movement
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Virtual Training
9 February 2022
Dignity in Action – Key data and learning on cash and voucher assistance from across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
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Cash Hub, ICRC, IFRCDrawing on learning from across the world, this report focuses on six key messages for advancing Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) in the Movement: 1. Measuring the transformation benefits of CVA 2. CVA Preparedness 3. Localisation of Cash; National Society Leadership 4. CVA and Social Protection 5. Cash, Digital Technology and Data Sharing 6. Cash in Conflict
21 July 2021
Urban climate risks and the role of social protection: part one
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Climate CenterThis brief gives an overview of the different climate-related hazards that urban spaces are at risk from and explains why social protection (SP) can be effective in addressing these risks.…
11 July 2021
Urban climate risks and the role of social protection: part two
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Climate CenterThis brief gives an overview of different country case studies where social protection (SP) systems have been used to address risks arising from climate-related hazards in urban spaces. It also explores how the existing SP systems in Tanzania, Bangladesh and Ethiopia could be modified to become shock responsive.
22 June 2021
Philippines Joint Simulation on Cash Early Actions & Shock-Responsive Social Protection for Flood
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German Red CrossThis blog post shares lessons from the implementation of the 2-day Forecast-based Financing (FbF) simulation exercise (simex) on 18-20 May, to test two early actions – fish harvesting from ponds and cash transfers – in three barangays (villages), Libmanan municipality, Camarines Sur.
25 May 2021
Video on the Household Economic Security (HES)
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BRCThis short video gives and overview of how HES findings are a useful tool for selecting and identifying vulnerable groups for inclusion into a variety of programmes, based on their food and income sources and capacity to withstand livelihood related contextual risks.
10 May 2021
Lessons Learnt Brief: Improving targeting for urban food banks, Social Protection in Namibia
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BRC, Namibia Red Cross SocietyThis document outlines lessons learnt from the collaboration between Namibia Red Cross Society and Ministry of Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare to revise urban food bank eligibility criteria in peri urban Khomas Region using the household economic security (HES) approach in June 2019.
30 April 2021
Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) – monthly report March 2021 (Issue n.12)
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Turkish Red Crescent (Türk Kızılay)Short overview of programmatic highlights and achievements from March 2021, as well as information on the use of cash and recipients in Turkey where the ESSN programme has been supporting about 1.8 million refugees a month.
23 April 2021
Linking humanitarian cash and social protection – Learning from the experience of eight National Societies
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ResearchThis paper gives an overview and shares learning from the experiences of National Societies in Eswatini, Kenya, Malawi, Montserrat, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey which collaborated with governments in the first few months of the pandemic to implement, enhance and scale up cash-based social protection schemes.
31 March 2021
Linking Cash and Voucher Assistance with Humanitarian Response and Social Protection Systems – Experience of Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society
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Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society, British Red Cross, Cash HubThis case study gives an overview of the Baphalali Eswatini Red Cross Society’s experience in cash and voucher assistance and its experience of influencing the Government of Eswatini to shift their humanitarian response and social protection programmes into mobile cash as part of its Covid-19 response.
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