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Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction :
A handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders
Martha Alter Chen,
Joann Vanek,
Marilyn Carr
Series name:
New Gender Mainstreaming Series on Development Issues
Size:
253 mm x 190 mm
ISSN:
Categories:
Gender, Gender Mainstreaming Series on Development
ISBN No:
978-0-85092-797-9
Format:
Publication Date:
10-2004
Number of Pages:
248
Status:
Out of stock
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Description
In this book, the authors highlight the lack of attention to employment, especially informal employment in poverty reductionstrategeis and point to the links between being informally employed, being a woman or a man and being poor. This is done within the context of major changes in the nature of work related to economic restructuring and liberalisation and the book maps out the impacts on different categories of informal producers and workers, both men and women. Liberally scattered with practical examples, the book draws widely on recent data and evidence for a number of organisations , including WIEGO ( Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing), a global research policy and provides a convincing case for an increased emphasis on informal employment and gender in proverty reduction strategies. It sets out a strategic framework that presents important guidelines for policy-makers seeking to follow this approach.
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