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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453491403321

Autore

Kabeer Naila

Titolo

Gender and social protection strategies in the informal economy / / Naila Kabeer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-317-80989-0

1-315-81619-9

1-317-80990-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Disciplina

305.42091724

Soggetti

Women - Developing countries - Social conditions

Social security - Developing countries

Informal sector (Economics) - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Boxes and Tables; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; 1. Risk, Vulnerability and Social Protection: International Perspectives; 2. Gender and Trends in the Global Labour Force: New and Persisting Forms of Vulnerability; 3. Gender, Life Course and Livelihoods: Analytical Framework and Empirical Insights; 4. Preventing Child Labour, Promoting Education: Disrupting the Inter-generational Transmission of Poverty; 5. Alternative Approaches to Employment-based Social Protection

6. Financial Services for Women in the Informal Economy: Protecting and Promoting Livelihoods7. Pensions and Transfers: Social Protection in Old Age; 8. The Indispensability of Voice: Organising for Social Protection in the Informal Economy; 9. Towards a 'Generative' Model of Social Protection: Making the Links to Development Policy; References and Select Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The vast majority of the world's working women, particularly those from low-income households in developing countries, are located in the informal economy in activities that are casual, poorly paid, irregular



and outside the remit of formal social security and protective legislation. This book examines the constraints and barriers which continue to confine women to these forms of work and what this implies for their ability to provide for themselves and their families and to cope with insecurity. It develops a framework of analysis that integrates gender, life course and livel