The 'feminisation of poverty' is widely viewed as a global trend, and of particular concern in developing regions. Yet although popularisation of the term may have raised women's visibility in development discourses and gone some way to 'en-gender' policies for poverty reduction, the construct is only weakly substantiated. Its over-emphasis on ...
Gender in Latin America is a comprehensive state-of-the-art review of gender in one of the world's most diverse and dynamic regions. The authors draw on a wide range of sources, including their own field research, to explore changes and continuities in gender roles, relations, and identities during the late twentieth century into the twenty-first. ...
This study explores the links among women's employment, migration and household organization. Female labour-force participation has long been recognized as depending on a broad spectrum of social, economic and demographic factors. Drawing on over 400 interviews with workers, households, and employers in the Philippine Visayas, this book provides ...
This book explores the question of key determinants of female labour force participation in the context of a comparative study of three intermediate Mexican cities with very different kinds of economy. The book also addresses the question of whether household structures themselves have different configurations under different economic conditions, ...
The trend of people living in cities is irreversible, with the number of people set to double by 2030. Urbanization often effects changes in the roles women and men play in society, for example with regard to formal and informal sector employment or household management and headship. This text highlights key aspects of gender and housing affecting ...
Written by two widely published academics with many years experience in university teaching, research and consultancy, "Geographies of Development in the 21st Century" provides a concise yet informative introduction to development in the contemporary Global South. Incorporating field research from Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, El ...
Households headed by women are a growing presence worldwide. This is the first book to focus on their diversity and dynamics in developing countries. Set within the context of global trends and debates on female household headship, and using case-study material based on interviews with low-income women in Mexico, Costa Rica and the Philippines, ...
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