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Gender, Generation and Poverty: Exploring the 'Feminisation of Poverty' in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Gender Generation and Poverty Exploring the 'Feminisation of Poverty' in Africa Asia and Latin America Author:Sylvia Chant The 'feminisation of poverty' is widely viewed as a global trend, and of particular concern in developing regions. Yet although popularisation of the term may have raised women's visibility in development discourses and gone some way to 'en-gender' policies for poverty reduction, the construct is only weakly substantiated. Its over-emphasis on i... more »ncome and on female household headship also conveys little of the contemporary complexities of gendered disadvantage.« less