these include executive secretariats councils social ministries and others eclac a which form part of the construction of a longterm strategy and represent a stable component of the regions social institutions this not only means formal articulation so that care programmes can be officially included in social protection systems but also the possible redesign of instruments to guarantee gender mainstreaming for example cash transfer programmes may involve conditionalities that reinforce the unequal division of productive and reproductive work eclac b especially if there are no incentives for care to be provided jointly by men and women