SOROTI UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
Welcome to the Granary of Knowledge
Gender and social protection in the developing world : beyond mothers and safety nets / Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones.
Material type:
TextPublication details: London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, [2013]Description: xix, 316 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781780320410 (pb)
- 1780320418 (pb)
- 9781780320427 (hb)
- 1780320426 (hb)
- 305.42091724/ 23 HOL
- HV1448.D44 H65 2013
Contents:
Introduction : why social protection needs a gender lens -- Key concepts in gender and social protection -- The gendered patterning of vulnerability, risk and resilience -- Transferring income and assets : assessing the contribution to gender-sensitive poverty reduction -- Working one's way out of poverty : public works through a gender lens -- Insuring against shocks : the gendered dimensions of insurance -- Ensuring access to state provision : towards more gender-sensitive subsidy schemes -- Why politics matters : a gendered political economy approach to social protection -- Conclusions and recommendations : advancing gender-sensitive social protection.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-306) and index.
Introduction : why social protection needs a gender lens -- Key concepts in gender and social protection -- The gendered patterning of vulnerability, risk and resilience -- Transferring income and assets : assessing the contribution to gender-sensitive poverty reduction -- Working one's way out of poverty : public works through a gender lens -- Insuring against shocks : the gendered dimensions of insurance -- Ensuring access to state provision : towards more gender-sensitive subsidy schemes -- Why politics matters : a gendered political economy approach to social protection -- Conclusions and recommendations : advancing gender-sensitive social protection.
There are no comments on this title.