Gender and social protection in the developing world : beyond mothers and safety nets /: beyond mothers and safety nets. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones.
• Authors: Holmes, Rebecca (Rebecca Elizabeth); Jones, Nicola Anne
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London, England : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 305.3091724; Women -- Services for -- Developing countries; Women -- Developing countries -- Social conditions; Women's rights -- Developing countries; Sex role -- Developing countries; Development studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1780320442; 9781780320441; 1780320434; 9781780320434
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-306) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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