Gender, Generation and Poverty: Exploring the Feminisation of Poverty In Africa, Asia and Latin AmericaThe 'feminisation of poverty' is 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-gende |
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2 Analysing poverty from a gender perspective | 31 |
assertions agendas and evidence | 78 |
4 Gender generation and poverty in The Gambia | 125 |
5 Gender generation and poverty in the Philippines | 193 |
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