ISBN:
0850927528
,
1552500675
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xix, 245 p)
,
ill
,
26 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Saint-Lazare, Quebec Gibson Library Connections 2008 Canadian electronic library. Books collection Electronic document; Available by subscription via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
New gender mainstreaming series on development issues
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals : A Handbook for Policy Makers and Stakeholders
DDC:
305.48/96942/091724
Keywords:
Poor women
;
Poverty
;
Women in development
;
Sexual division of labor
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Femmes dans le développement
;
Femmes pauvres
;
Poor women ; Developing countries
;
Poverty ; Developing countries
;
Sex discrimination against women
;
Sexual division of labor
;
Women in development
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
This text explores the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the first one of halving world poverty by 2015
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Executive Summary; 1. Gender, Poverty and Development Policy; 2. Integrating Gender into Macroeconomic Analysis; 3. The Geography of Gender Inequality; 4. Approaches to Poverty Analysis and its Gender Dimensions; 5. Gender Inequality and Poverty Eradication: Promoting Household Livelihoods; 6. Gender Equality and Human Development Outcomes: Enhancing Capabilities; 7. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment; 8. Institutionalising Gender Equity Goals in the Policy Process; Select Bibliography; Glossary
Note:
Co-published by Canadian International Development Agency
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Includes bibliographical references: p. 235-242
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Electronic document; Available by subscription via World Wide Web
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