Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction : a handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders /

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In this book, the authors highlight the lack of attention to employment, and especially informal employment, in poverty reduction strategies and point to the links between being informally employed, being a woman or a man, and being poor. They do this within the context of major changes relating to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chen, Martha Alter
Corporate Authors: Commonwealth Secretariat, International Development Research Centre (Canada), Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing
Other Authors: Vanek, Joann, Carr, Marilyn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Commonwealth Secretariat and International Development Research Centre, 2004.
Series:New gender mainstreaming series on development issues.
Subjects:
Women in development > Developing countries.
Informal sector (Economics) > Developing countries.
Poor women > Developing countries.
Sex discrimination in employment > Developing countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory.
Informal sector (Economics)
Poor women.
Sex discrimination in employment.
Women in development.
Developing countries.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations; Foreword; Executive Summary; 1. Employment: The 'Missing Link' in the Poverty Debates; 2. Informal Employment, Gender and Poverty; 3. The Changing World of Work: Linking Economic Reforms-Gender-Poverty; 4. Decent Work for Informal Workers: Promising Strategies and Examples; 5. Informal Employment and Gender: A Strategic Policy Approach; References; Appendices.

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