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SHS Papers in Women’s Studies/ Gender Research
SHS Papers in Women s Studies/ Gender Research No. 2 THE feminization OF poverty AND WOMEN S HUMAN RIGHTS valentine M. Moghadam SHS/HRS/GED July 2005 Gender Equality and Development Section Division of Human Rights Social and Human Sciences Sector UNESCO 1 rue Miollis 75732 Paris cedex 15, France THE feminization OF poverty AND WOMEN S HUMAN RIGHTS valentine M. Moghadam Chief, SHS/HRS/GED Abstract An examination of the feminization of poverty around the world is approached in terms of the three contributing factors that have been underscored in the women-in-development and Gender -and-development (WID/GAD) literature: (1) the growth of female-headed households, (2) intra-household inequalities and bias against women and girls, and (3) neoliberal economic policies, including structural adjustments and the post-socialist market transitions.
THE “FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY” AND WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS Valentine M. Moghadam Chief, SHS/HRS/GED Abstract An examination of the “feminization of poverty” around the world is approached in terms of the
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