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Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World: Beyond Mothers and Safety Nets

Rebecca Holmes

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Description for Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World: Beyond Mothers and Safety Nets Hardback. Provides rich insight into the effects of a range of social protection instruments on transforming gender relations. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFG; JFFA; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
Millions of pounds of international development funds are invested annually in social protection programmes to tackle poverty. Poverty is perpetuated by risk and vulnerability, much of which is gendered. Despite this, little attention has been paid to gender-sensitive policy and programme design and implementation. Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World introduces a much-needed gender lens to these debates. Drawing on empirical evidence from poor households and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, the book provides rich insight into the effects of a range of social protection instruments. It concludes that with relatively simple changes to design ... Read more

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Format

Hardback

Publication date

2013

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom

Number of pages

336

Condition

New

Number of Pages

336

Place of Publication

, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781780320427

SKU

V9781780320427

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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days

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99-5

About Rebecca Holmes

Rebecca Holmes is a Research Fellow in the Social Protection Programme at the Overseas Development Institute. Her research and policy work focuses on the linkages between social protection and social policy, and she has particular expertise in gender analysis. With a geographical focus on South and South-East Asia, her research includes studies on gender and social protection effectiveness, social protection ... Read more

Reviews for Gender and Social Protection in the Developing World: Beyond Mothers and Safety Nets

Holmes and Jones convincingly demonstrate that only social protection policies developed with a gender lens can alter the causes of poverty and vulnerability. Their prescriptions for programme change have the potential to transform lives on the ground. This book should be required reading for academics and practitioners alike.
Liesl Haas, Department of Political Science, California State University
This ... Read morepublication highlights a key gap in the current design of social protection programs and policies. Taking into account the barriers that women face in accessing resources, mainstreaming gender equality in social protection interventions is critical. This publication contributes to a rethinking of current interventions on social protection.
Lilian Keene-Mugerwa, Platform For Labour Action
Holmes and Jones should be congratulated for making this compelling case for gender-sensitive social protection programming. Their considerable experience and expertise ensures this book will be an essential read for hardened "social protectionistas", students, researchers and practitioners.
Professor Armando Barrientos, Senior Research Fellow, World Brooks Poverty Institute, University of Manchester
Examining the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to social protection in reducing extreme poverty, Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones argue that their effectiveness would be greatly increased if they took proper account of gender relations. Unless gender inequality is understood to be playing a major role in perpetuating poverty, current programmes will fail to achieve their potential. Analytically strong with richly illustrated examples based on research carried out in five continents, this book makes an important and welcome contribution to the ongoing debate over how to tackle poverty.
Professor Maxine Molyneux, Director of the Institute of the Americas, University College London
Providing a rich evidence base on gendered risk and vulnerabilities, this is a valuable analysis of social protection programmes through a gender lens. The authors document the potential and limits of social protection tools in transforming women's lives, providing valuable lessons to policy makers and practitioners that can improve the gender sensitivity and transformative potential of their programmes.
Sarah Cook, Director of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
A timely and critical addition to the literature on this subject - the authors guide the reader to an approach to social protection that leads towards real transformation. Comprehensive yet context specific, this book provides an excellent balance of theory with practical guidance. A must-read for governments, donors, NGOs, consultants, students and academics.
Suzette Mitchell, UN Women (Vietnam)
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