Gender and Inequalities (Working in Gender & Development) - Hardcover

 
9781788530125: Gender and Inequalities (Working in Gender & Development)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1788530128 ISBN 13: 9781788530125
Publisher: Oxfam, 2018

Synopsis

As many countries experience increased economic growth they also undergo widening inequalities between classes, castes and sexes. Inequalities of any kind threaten to destabilize the fabric of society, and affect the rich and the poor, exacerbating tensions and crime as well as creating injustice and indignity for the extremely poor. Inequalities between men and women lead to lower wages, gender-based violence, unequal workloads within the household and unequal access to food and resources. A focus on inequalities should mean the adoption of a gendered perspective on poverty and a renewed focus on the relationship between social justice and economic wellbeing. This book surveys economic growth and gender inequality around the world, discusses how livelihoods projects have focused on economic empowerment alone, without measuring the relative impacts on men and women, and describes how women activists in the global South are working to get change for women.

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About the Author

Caroline Sweetman is Editor of the international journal Gender & Development and works for Oxfam GB.

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Publisher
Oxfam
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1788530128
ISBN 13 
9781788530125
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
188
Editor
Kabeer Naila, Sweetman Caroline

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