This episode shares the keynote presentation for the 13th Gathering of the ParlAmericas Parliamentary Network for Gender Equality, titled Bolstering Social Protection beyond COVID-19: What the Data Tells Us, hosted virtually in September and October 2021. It features an interview between The Honourable Valerie Woods, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Belize, and Ms. Isiuwa Iyahen, Programme Specialist for Economic Empowerment and Statistics at the UN Women Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean. Their dialogue explores how strengthening social protection can promote gender equality and reduce various forms of social vulnerability, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Among the topics covered by Speaker Woods and Ms. Iyahen are good practices and approaches to social protection for the Caribbean region, why it is necessary to invest in these systems, and the types of partnerships needed to make progress in these areas.