Beyond microfinance : empowering women in the developing world : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, first session, July 12, 2017 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 72 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Soggetto topico |
Women in economic development - Developing countries
Women - Employment - Developing countries Women's rights - Developing countries Globalization - Economic aspects - Developing countries Family planning - Government policy - Developing countries - International cooperation Reproductive health - Government policy - Developing countries |
Soggetto genere / forma | Legislative hearings. |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Beyond microfinance |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910706104903321 |
Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Common strategies for women in transition countries / / Steven E. Steiner |
Autore | Steiner Steven E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (4 pages) |
Collana | Peacebrief |
Soggetto topico |
Women's rights - Developing countries
Women - Political activity - Developing countries Women - Political activity Women's rights |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910703671803321 |
Steiner Steven E. | ||
Washington, D.C. : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights / / Dorothy L. Hodgson |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4209 |
Collana | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights |
Soggetto topico |
Women's rights - Developing countries
Human rights - Developing countries Women - Developing countries - Social conditions Culture Women's rights Human rights Women - Social conditions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-89789-X
0-8122-0461-1 |
Classificazione | PC 5350 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights / Hodgson, Dorothy L. -- PART I. Images and Interventions -- Chapter 1. Gender, History, and Human Rights / Scully, Pamela -- Chapter 2. Between Law and Culture: Contemplating Rights for Women in Zanzibar / Maoulidi, Salma -- Chapter 3. A Clash of Cultures: Women, Domestic Violence, and Law in the United States / Goldfarb, Sally F. -- PART II. Travels and Translations -- Chapter 4. Making Women's Human Rights in the Vernacular: Navigating the Culture/Rights Divide / Levitt, Peggy / Merry, Sally Engle -- Chapter 5. The Active Social Life of "Muslim Women's Rights" / Abu-Lughod, Lila -- Chapter 6. How Not to be a Machu Qari (Old Man): Human Rights, Machismo, and Military Nostalgia in Peru's Andes / Yezer, Caroline -- Chapter 7. "These Are Not Our Priorities": Maasai Women, Human Rights, and the Problem of Culture / Hodgson, Dorothy L. -- PART III. Mobilizations and Mediations -- Chapter 8. The Rights to Speak and to Be Heard: Women's Interpretations of Rights Discourses in the Oaxaca Social Movement / Stephen, Lynn -- Chapter 9. Muslim Women, Rights Discourse, and the Media in Kenya / Alidou, Ousseina D. -- Chapter 10. Fighting for Fatherhood and Family: Immigrant Detainees' Struggles for Rights / Rodriguez, Robyn M. -- Chapter 11. Defending Women, Defending Rights: Transnational Organizing in a Culture of Human Rights / Real, Mary Jane N. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464120903321 |
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights / / Dorothy L. Hodgson |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4209 |
Collana | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights |
Soggetto topico |
Women's rights - Developing countries
Human rights - Developing countries Women - Developing countries - Social conditions Culture Women's rights Human rights Women - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropology
Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics |
ISBN |
1-283-89789-X
0-8122-0461-1 |
Classificazione | PC 5350 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights / Hodgson, Dorothy L. -- PART I. Images and Interventions -- Chapter 1. Gender, History, and Human Rights / Scully, Pamela -- Chapter 2. Between Law and Culture: Contemplating Rights for Women in Zanzibar / Maoulidi, Salma -- Chapter 3. A Clash of Cultures: Women, Domestic Violence, and Law in the United States / Goldfarb, Sally F. -- PART II. Travels and Translations -- Chapter 4. Making Women's Human Rights in the Vernacular: Navigating the Culture/Rights Divide / Levitt, Peggy / Merry, Sally Engle -- Chapter 5. The Active Social Life of "Muslim Women's Rights" / Abu-Lughod, Lila -- Chapter 6. How Not to be a Machu Qari (Old Man): Human Rights, Machismo, and Military Nostalgia in Peru's Andes / Yezer, Caroline -- Chapter 7. "These Are Not Our Priorities": Maasai Women, Human Rights, and the Problem of Culture / Hodgson, Dorothy L. -- PART III. Mobilizations and Mediations -- Chapter 8. The Rights to Speak and to Be Heard: Women's Interpretations of Rights Discourses in the Oaxaca Social Movement / Stephen, Lynn -- Chapter 9. Muslim Women, Rights Discourse, and the Media in Kenya / Alidou, Ousseina D. -- Chapter 10. Fighting for Fatherhood and Family: Immigrant Detainees' Struggles for Rights / Rodriguez, Robyn M. -- Chapter 11. Defending Women, Defending Rights: Transnational Organizing in a Culture of Human Rights / Real, Mary Jane N. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788581303321 |
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights / / Dorothy L. Hodgson |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.4209 |
Collana | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights |
Soggetto topico |
Women's rights - Developing countries
Human rights - Developing countries Women - Developing countries - Social conditions Culture Women's rights Human rights Women - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
Anthropology
Folklore Human Rights Law Linguistics |
ISBN |
1-283-89789-X
0-8122-0461-1 |
Classificazione | PC 5350 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction. Gender and Culture at the Limit of Rights / Hodgson, Dorothy L. -- PART I. Images and Interventions -- Chapter 1. Gender, History, and Human Rights / Scully, Pamela -- Chapter 2. Between Law and Culture: Contemplating Rights for Women in Zanzibar / Maoulidi, Salma -- Chapter 3. A Clash of Cultures: Women, Domestic Violence, and Law in the United States / Goldfarb, Sally F. -- PART II. Travels and Translations -- Chapter 4. Making Women's Human Rights in the Vernacular: Navigating the Culture/Rights Divide / Levitt, Peggy / Merry, Sally Engle -- Chapter 5. The Active Social Life of "Muslim Women's Rights" / Abu-Lughod, Lila -- Chapter 6. How Not to be a Machu Qari (Old Man): Human Rights, Machismo, and Military Nostalgia in Peru's Andes / Yezer, Caroline -- Chapter 7. "These Are Not Our Priorities": Maasai Women, Human Rights, and the Problem of Culture / Hodgson, Dorothy L. -- PART III. Mobilizations and Mediations -- Chapter 8. The Rights to Speak and to Be Heard: Women's Interpretations of Rights Discourses in the Oaxaca Social Movement / Stephen, Lynn -- Chapter 9. Muslim Women, Rights Discourse, and the Media in Kenya / Alidou, Ousseina D. -- Chapter 10. Fighting for Fatherhood and Family: Immigrant Detainees' Struggles for Rights / Rodriguez, Robyn M. -- Chapter 11. Defending Women, Defending Rights: Transnational Organizing in a Culture of Human Rights / Real, Mary Jane N. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815233903321 |
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2011] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender and social protection in the developing world : beyond mothers and safety nets / / Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones |
Autore | Holmes Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 316 p.) : ill., charts |
Disciplina | 305.3091724 |
Collana | Gender and Environment Ser. |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Services for - Developing countries
Women - Developing countries - Social conditions Women's rights - Developing countries Sex role - Developing countries Development studies |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78032-044-2
1-299-28373-X 1-78032-043-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
More praise; About the authors; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Illustrations; Foreword by Stephen Devereux; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: why social protection needs a gender lens; Beyond mothers and safety nets: the argument for a gender-sensitive approach to social protection; Methodology; Figure 0.1 Life story of Tamenu; Figure 0.2 Life story of Faisal; Figure 0.3 Life story of Mayimbu; Figure 0.4 Life story of MiLenh; Structure of the book; 1 Key concepts in gender and social protection; Introduction; Concepts of poverty and vulnerability.
Concepts of gender in developmentBox 1.1 Addressing gender inequality leads to poverty reduction, economic growth and enhanced household resilience; Conceptualising social protection; Box 1.2 Approaches to social protection; Table 1.1 Social protection categories and instruments; Integrating a gender lens into the transformative social protection framework; Table 1.2 Examples of gendered economic and social risks and vulnerabilities; Figure 1.1 Pathways mediating the effects of economic and social risks on gendered well-being. Box 1.3 Gender-related policy and legislation implications for social protection2 The gendered patterning of vulnerability, risk and resilience; Introduction; Economic vulnerabilities and risks; Box 2.1 Poverty and vulnerability as a gendered experience; Personal Narrative 2.1: Tamenu's experience of multilayered shocks in southern Ethiopia; Figure 2.1 Asset distribution among women's marital and natal families; Social vulnerabilities and risks; Table 2.1 Worsening sex ratios at birth over time. Box 2.2 Life-course and intergenerational consequences of reproductive health vulnerabilities in Latin AmericaResilience: gendered patterning of coping strategies and resources; Conclusions; 3 Transferring income and assets: assessing the contribution to gender-sensitive poverty reduction; Introduction; Cash and asset transfers: an overview; Table 3.1 Typology of cash and asset transfer approaches; Applying a gender lens to transfer programmes; Case studies: cash and asset transfers in Ghana, Peru and Bangladesh; Table 3.2 Cash and asset case study programme details. Personal Narrative 3.1: Cash transfers can provide relief for the poorest -- Bange's experience of living with illness in GhanaPersonal Narrative 3.2: Asma's experience of integrated social protection in Bangladesh; Conclusions; 4 Working one's way out of poverty: public works through a gender lens; Introduction; Table 4.1 Gender differences in labour force participation; Personal Narrative 4.1: PWPs as a lifeline for the extreme poor -- Tamenu in Ethiopia; Applying a gender lens to public works programmes; Box 4.1 Using public works labour in social sector activities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465103203321 |
Holmes Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth) | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender and social protection in the developing world : beyond mothers and safety nets / / Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones |
Autore | Holmes Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 316 p.) : ill., charts |
Disciplina | 305.3091724 |
Collana | Gender and Environment Ser. |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Services for - Developing countries
Women - Developing countries - Social conditions Women's rights - Developing countries Sex role - Developing countries Development studies |
ISBN |
1-350-22030-2
1-78032-044-2 1-299-28373-X 1-78032-043-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
More praise; About the authors; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Illustrations; Foreword by Stephen Devereux; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: why social protection needs a gender lens; Beyond mothers and safety nets: the argument for a gender-sensitive approach to social protection; Methodology; Figure 0.1 Life story of Tamenu; Figure 0.2 Life story of Faisal; Figure 0.3 Life story of Mayimbu; Figure 0.4 Life story of MiLenh; Structure of the book; 1 Key concepts in gender and social protection; Introduction; Concepts of poverty and vulnerability.
Concepts of gender in developmentBox 1.1 Addressing gender inequality leads to poverty reduction, economic growth and enhanced household resilience; Conceptualising social protection; Box 1.2 Approaches to social protection; Table 1.1 Social protection categories and instruments; Integrating a gender lens into the transformative social protection framework; Table 1.2 Examples of gendered economic and social risks and vulnerabilities; Figure 1.1 Pathways mediating the effects of economic and social risks on gendered well-being. Box 1.3 Gender-related policy and legislation implications for social protection2 The gendered patterning of vulnerability, risk and resilience; Introduction; Economic vulnerabilities and risks; Box 2.1 Poverty and vulnerability as a gendered experience; Personal Narrative 2.1: Tamenu's experience of multilayered shocks in southern Ethiopia; Figure 2.1 Asset distribution among women's marital and natal families; Social vulnerabilities and risks; Table 2.1 Worsening sex ratios at birth over time. Box 2.2 Life-course and intergenerational consequences of reproductive health vulnerabilities in Latin AmericaResilience: gendered patterning of coping strategies and resources; Conclusions; 3 Transferring income and assets: assessing the contribution to gender-sensitive poverty reduction; Introduction; Cash and asset transfers: an overview; Table 3.1 Typology of cash and asset transfer approaches; Applying a gender lens to transfer programmes; Case studies: cash and asset transfers in Ghana, Peru and Bangladesh; Table 3.2 Cash and asset case study programme details. Personal Narrative 3.1: Cash transfers can provide relief for the poorest -- Bange's experience of living with illness in GhanaPersonal Narrative 3.2: Asma's experience of integrated social protection in Bangladesh; Conclusions; 4 Working one's way out of poverty: public works through a gender lens; Introduction; Table 4.1 Gender differences in labour force participation; Personal Narrative 4.1: PWPs as a lifeline for the extreme poor -- Tamenu in Ethiopia; Applying a gender lens to public works programmes; Box 4.1 Using public works labour in social sector activities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792031403321 |
Holmes Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth) | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender and social protection in the developing world : beyond mothers and safety nets / / Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones |
Autore | Holmes Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth) |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xix, 316 p.) : ill., charts |
Disciplina | 305.3091724 |
Collana | Gender and Environment Ser. |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Services for - Developing countries
Women - Developing countries - Social conditions Women's rights - Developing countries Sex role - Developing countries Development studies |
ISBN |
1-350-22030-2
1-78032-044-2 1-299-28373-X 1-78032-043-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
More praise; About the authors; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Illustrations; Foreword by Stephen Devereux; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction: why social protection needs a gender lens; Beyond mothers and safety nets: the argument for a gender-sensitive approach to social protection; Methodology; Figure 0.1 Life story of Tamenu; Figure 0.2 Life story of Faisal; Figure 0.3 Life story of Mayimbu; Figure 0.4 Life story of MiLenh; Structure of the book; 1 Key concepts in gender and social protection; Introduction; Concepts of poverty and vulnerability.
Concepts of gender in developmentBox 1.1 Addressing gender inequality leads to poverty reduction, economic growth and enhanced household resilience; Conceptualising social protection; Box 1.2 Approaches to social protection; Table 1.1 Social protection categories and instruments; Integrating a gender lens into the transformative social protection framework; Table 1.2 Examples of gendered economic and social risks and vulnerabilities; Figure 1.1 Pathways mediating the effects of economic and social risks on gendered well-being. Box 1.3 Gender-related policy and legislation implications for social protection2 The gendered patterning of vulnerability, risk and resilience; Introduction; Economic vulnerabilities and risks; Box 2.1 Poverty and vulnerability as a gendered experience; Personal Narrative 2.1: Tamenu's experience of multilayered shocks in southern Ethiopia; Figure 2.1 Asset distribution among women's marital and natal families; Social vulnerabilities and risks; Table 2.1 Worsening sex ratios at birth over time. Box 2.2 Life-course and intergenerational consequences of reproductive health vulnerabilities in Latin AmericaResilience: gendered patterning of coping strategies and resources; Conclusions; 3 Transferring income and assets: assessing the contribution to gender-sensitive poverty reduction; Introduction; Cash and asset transfers: an overview; Table 3.1 Typology of cash and asset transfer approaches; Applying a gender lens to transfer programmes; Case studies: cash and asset transfers in Ghana, Peru and Bangladesh; Table 3.2 Cash and asset case study programme details. Personal Narrative 3.1: Cash transfers can provide relief for the poorest -- Bange's experience of living with illness in GhanaPersonal Narrative 3.2: Asma's experience of integrated social protection in Bangladesh; Conclusions; 4 Working one's way out of poverty: public works through a gender lens; Introduction; Table 4.1 Gender differences in labour force participation; Personal Narrative 4.1: PWPs as a lifeline for the extreme poor -- Tamenu in Ethiopia; Applying a gender lens to public works programmes; Box 4.1 Using public works labour in social sector activities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826767003321 |
Holmes Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth) | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender justice, citizenship and development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Navsharan Singh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi, : Zubaan, an imprint of Kali for Women |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.42 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MukhopadhyayMaitrayee
SinghNavsharan |
Soggetto topico |
Women's rights
Women's rights - Developing countries Sex discrimination against women - Developing countries Sex discrimination in justice administration - Developing countries |
ISBN |
9786610850167
1-280-85016-7 1-55250-339-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; 1. Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development: An Introduction; 2. Gender Justice, Citizenship and Entitlements: Core Concepts, Central Debates and New Directions for Research; 3. Refiguring Citizenship: Research Perspectives on Gender Justice in the Latin American and Caribbean Region; 4. Challenging the Liberal Subject: Law and Gender Justice in South Asia; 5. Addressing Formal and Substantive Citizenship: Gender Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa; 6. Unequal Citizenship: Issues of Gender Justice in the Middle East and North Africa
7. Situating Gender and Citizenship in Development Debates: Towards a Strategy 8. Select Bibliography; 9. Notes on Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996200194503316 |
New Delhi, : Zubaan, an imprint of Kali for Women | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Gender justice, citizenship and development [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Navsharan Singh |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Delhi, : Zubaan, an imprint of Kali for Women |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 p.) |
Disciplina | 305.42 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MukhopadhyayMaitrayee
SinghNavsharan |
Soggetto topico |
Women's rights
Women's rights - Developing countries Sex discrimination against women - Developing countries Sex discrimination in justice administration - Developing countries |
ISBN |
9786610850167
1-280-85016-7 1-55250-339-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; 1. Gender Justice, Citizenship and Development: An Introduction; 2. Gender Justice, Citizenship and Entitlements: Core Concepts, Central Debates and New Directions for Research; 3. Refiguring Citizenship: Research Perspectives on Gender Justice in the Latin American and Caribbean Region; 4. Challenging the Liberal Subject: Law and Gender Justice in South Asia; 5. Addressing Formal and Substantive Citizenship: Gender Justice in Sub-Saharan Africa; 6. Unequal Citizenship: Issues of Gender Justice in the Middle East and North Africa
7. Situating Gender and Citizenship in Development Debates: Towards a Strategy 8. Select Bibliography; 9. Notes on Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910172225203321 |
New Delhi, : Zubaan, an imprint of Kali for Women | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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