Impact of social protection on gender equality in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of reviews.

Background: More than half of the global population is not effectively covered by type of social protection benefit and women's coverage lags behind. Most girls and boys living in low-resource settings have no effective social protection coverage. Interest in these essential programmes in low and middle-income settings is rising and in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic the value of social protection for all has been undoubtedly confirmed.