Gender and the Economic Crisis (Working in Gender & Development) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185339713X ISBN 13: 9781853397134

Publisher: Practical Action Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is the latest element in a complex web of shocks and longer-term traumas affecting women, men and their families in developing countries. These include food and fuel shocks, changing climatic conditions, and the HIV pandemic. For many people living in poverty, these crises are experienced as one multifaceted crisis, which has accentuated alreadyexisting underlying chronic concerns in both the productive and the reproductive (care) economies of the world. While these issues remain largely invisible to mainstream economists and policymakers, they are critical to the development of effective and sustainable responses to the crisis. Contributors to this book map the emerging impact of the economic crisis on women, men and their families in different contexts, and suggest policy and practice changes.

About this title

About the Authors

Ruth Pearson is Professor of International Development at the University of Leeds and is researching gender and work in the global economy. She is the author of several books and many articles.

Caroline Sweetman is Editor of the international journal Gender & Development and works for Oxfam GB.

Edition details

• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 185339713X
• ISBN 13: 9781853397134
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228
• Editor: Pearson Ruth, Sweetman Caroline