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<p>Social protection schemes are designed to reduce poverty and deprivation and to safeguard vulnerable segments of society from getting trapped in the cycle of poverty. Despite the existence of social protection schemes and programs related to adolescent development, there is an urgent need for public policy responses to address gender norms, poverty, and vulnerability dynamics. This paper presents the findings from vulnerability analysis of adolescent boys and girls in Odisha, a state in eastern India, by providing a detailed analysis of critical gaps in the social protection programs, highlighting access barriers that arise from entrenched gender norms in adolescents, obtained through extensive mixed-method research. The results highlight prevailing gender norms, existing poverty, and low awareness as critical barriers to access to social protection schemes and overall adolescent development. The study also provides significant recommendations for policymakers and social work practitioners, including the implementation of integrated social protection schemes, investment in behavioural change communications, and the inclusion of adolescents in decision-making processes as change agents to enhance the impact of social protection interventions.</p>

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Can Social Protection Address Harmful Gender Norms that Limit Adolescent Development: Findings from a Mixed-Methods Study in India

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    2025年10月10日

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  • Soumen Ray,
  • Monika Nielsen

摘要

Social protection schemes are designed to reduce poverty and deprivation and to safeguard vulnerable segments of society from getting trapped in the cycle of poverty. Despite the existence of social protection schemes and programs related to adolescent development, there is an urgent need for public policy responses to address gender norms, poverty, and vulnerability dynamics. This paper presents the findings from vulnerability analysis of adolescent boys and girls in Odisha, a state in eastern India, by providing a detailed analysis of critical gaps in the social protection programs, highlighting access barriers that arise from entrenched gender norms in adolescents, obtained through extensive mixed-method research. The results highlight prevailing gender norms, existing poverty, and low awareness as critical barriers to access to social protection schemes and overall adolescent development. The study also provides significant recommendations for policymakers and social work practitioners, including the implementation of integrated social protection schemes, investment in behavioural change communications, and the inclusion of adolescents in decision-making processes as change agents to enhance the impact of social protection interventions.