Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and the Millennium Development Goals: A Handbook for Policy-Makers and Other Stakeholders (New Gender Mainstreaming in Development Series) - Softcover

Kabeer, Naila

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0850927528 ISBN 13: 9780850927528

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003

Synopsis

This book explores the issue of gender inequality through the lens of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the first one of halving world poverty by 2015. The book aims to bring together arguments, findings and lessons from the development literature which are relevant to the achievement of these goals from the standpoint of gender equality. It draws out the inter-connections between production and gender (and women's critical role in straddling both) and their implications for poverty eradication strategies and the achievement of human-centred economic growth.

About this title

About the Author:

Naila Kabeer , a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, is a well-respected academic working in the fields of poverty, economics, gender, and social capital.

Review:

"A gender perspective means recognising that women stand at the crossroads between production and reproduction, between economic activity and the care of human beings, and therefore between economic growth and human development. They are workers in both spheres - those most responsible and therefore with most at stake, those who suffer most when the two spheres meet at cross-purposes, and those most sensitive to the need for better integration between the two." Gita Sen

About this edition

• Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0850927528
• ISBN 13: 9780850927528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 245