This report draws together data from the Young Lives survey and in-depth interviews to
analyse gendered differences between boys and girls, focusing on three key areas …

Women have higher poverty rates than men in almost all societies (Casper et al, 1994). In
this chapter, we compare modern nations on this dimension. We use the Luxembourg …

Since December 1999, all countries wishing to access concessional lending from the
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank are required to prepare a Poverty …

In this article we examine gender gaps in poverty in the United States and seven other
Western nations, asking how single motherhood, market earnings, and welfare states affect …

This report is based on findings from the Young Lives study of child poverty in Ethiopia, India
(in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam. It explores how …

The poverty experience is gendered by the differential impacts on women and men, girls
and boys, and by their different responses. This should be considered more in the design …

Mothers are often perceived as key agents in safeguarding the interests of children. If the
assumption that women, given the opportunity, are more likely than men to see to the …

Assessing the links between gender and poverty is an immensely complex task—both
conceptually and empirically—for several reasons. First, poverty is defined and measured in …

This chapter examines varied dimensions of the significance of gender in children's lives,
providing a framework for thinking about gender in relation to issues of well-being. Gender is …

96 Growing Up in Poverty of life for girls is considered a particularly critical phase
characterized by consequential choices and heightened personal risk; it is a period of …