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Author Holmes, Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth)

Title Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World : Beyond Mothers and Safety Nets / Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Zed Books, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 316 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-306) and index.
Contents 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.
Note Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP): an antidote to emergency-focused development.
Summary Millions of pounds of international development funds are invested annually in social protection programmes to tackle poverty. Poverty is perpetuated by risk and vulnerability, much of which is gendered. Despite this, little attention has been paid to gender-sensitive policy implementation. Drawing on empirical evidence from poor households and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book introduces a much-needed gender lens to these debates. With a foreword by Stephen Devereux.
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Subject Women -- Services for -- Developing countries.
Women -- Services for.
Developing countries.
Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions.
Women.
Social conditions.
Women's rights -- Developing countries.
Women's rights.
Sex role -- Developing countries.
Sex role.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Subject Women.
Womyn.
Gender roles.
Added Author Jones, Nicola Anne.
Other Form: Print version: Holmes, Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth). Gender and social protection in the developing world. London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, [2013] 9781780320410 (DLC) 2013478043 (OCoLC)826453475
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