Gender mainstreaming in poverty eradication and the millennium development goals : a handbook for policymakers and other stakeholders.
- United Kingdom ; Commonwealth Secretariat : 2003.
- xix, 245 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents Abbreviations Foreword Executive Summary 1. Gender Poverty and Development Policy Introduction A Brief History of Poverty and Development Policy Up to the 1960s Early strategies for growth 1970s and 1980s Economic crises and structural adjustment 1990s Reports from the World Bank and UNDP 2000 World Development Report (WDR) The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Putting Gender on the Policy Agenda 1970s and 1980s Making the links between gender and development Gender and the 1990 World Development Report Gender and the Human Development Report (HDR) Gender and the 2000 World Development Report The World Bank's 2001 report Gender and the Millennium Development Goals Conclusion 2. Integrating Gender into Macroeconomic Analysis Introduction Gender Bias in Macroeconomic Analysis Empirical Findings Gender Equality and Economic Growth Competing Hypotheses 3. The Geography of Gender Inequality Introduction Institutions and Gender Inequality Regional Perspectives on Gender Inequality Updating the Geography of Gender Classifying Gender Constraints Conclusion 4. Approaches to Poverty Analysis and its Gender Dimensions Introduction The Poverty Line Approach The Capabilities Approach Participatory Poverty Assessments (PPAs) Conclusion 5. Gender Inequality and Poverty Eradication Promoting Household Livelihoods Introduction Gender Inequality and Household Poverty in South Asia Gender Inequality and Household Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa Links Between Gender Inequality and Income Poverty The Wider Picture Conclusion 6. Gender Equality and Human Development Outcomes Enhancing Capabilities Introduction Gender Inequality and Human Development The Equity Rationale Gender Inequality and Family Well-being The Instrumental Rationale Conclusion 7. Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Introduction Conceptualising Empowerment Agency Resources and Achievement Access to Education and Women's Empowerment Access to Paid Work and Women's Empowerment Voice and Participation and Women's Empowerment Agency and Collective Action Building Citizenship from the Grassroots Conclusion 8. Institutionalising Gender Equity Goals in the Policy Process Introduction Gender Equality and Economic Growth Synergy or Trade-off Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) A Gender Audit Gender responsive Budget (GRB) Analysis Mainstreaming Gender in Policy making Institutions Mobilising around Gender Equity Goals Building Active Citizenship Conclusion Select Bibliography Glossary Tables 1.1 The Millennium Development Goals 3.1 Estimated Economic Activity Rate of Women and Female Percentage of the Labour Force 3.2 Employment by Economic Activity 7.1 Women in Public Life Figures 2.1 The Iceberg View of the Economy 3.1 Social Hierarchy of Livelihoods
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.