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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455656503321

Autore

Kabeer Naila

Titolo

Gender mainstreaming in poverty eradication and the millennium development goals [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders / / Naila Kabeer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Commonwealth Secretariat

Ottawa, : International Development research Centre, c2003

ISBN

1-280-74451-0

9786610744510

1-55250-067-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Collana

New gender mainstreaming series on development issues

Disciplina

305.48/96942/091724

Soggetti

Women in development

Poor women - Developing countries

Sexual division of labor

Poverty - Developing countries

Sex discrimination against women

Femmes pauvres

Femmes dans le développement

Division sexuelle du travail

Pauvreté

Discrimination à l'égard des femmes

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Co-published by Canadian International Development Agency.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references: p. 235-242.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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.