Gender and social protection in the developing world : beyond mothers and safety nets /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Holmes, Rebecca
Other Authors:	Jones, Nicola
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Subjects:	Women > Services for > Developing countries. Women > Developing countries > Social conditions. Women's rights > Developing countries. Sex role > Developing countries.

Table of 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.

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