The Africa Platform for Social Protection (APSP) with funding support from the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) and the Open Society Foundations’ Economic Advancement Programme carried out a study in Kenya- Makueni County - in the period May – June 2019 to establish effects of social exclusions in social protection programmes on women (the study mainly used key informant interviews and focus group discussions). The study examined the following programmes implemented by the national and county governments: Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC), Persons with Severe Disabilities Cash Transfer (PWSD-CT), Uwezo Fund, Women Enterprise Fund, Youth Enterprise Fund, the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF), the national universal healthcare programme and county-specific social protection interventions namely: county universal healthcare scheme, Village Savings and Loans Association (VSLA), Tetheka, Asset Financing among others.