The construct of the 'feminisation of poverty'has helped to give gender an increasingly
prominent place within international discourses on poverty and poverty reduction. Yet the …

This paper interrogates the common assumption that a large part of the so-called
'feminisation of poverty'in recent decades is due to the progressive 'feminisation of …

The Women, Gender and Development Reader is the definitive volume of literature
dedicated to women in the development process. Now in a fully revised second edition, the …

Migrant labour in Southern Africa is associated historically with rural poverty and a high
incidence of women‐headed households. Poverty alleviation approaches to social policy …

The overall aim of this paper is to outline the major methodological and conceptual
challenges to understanding poverty from a gender perspective. The paper is divided into …

El presente trabajo tiene por objeto describir los principales desafíos metodológicos y
conceptuales para entender la pobreza desde una perspectiva de género. El documento se …

This paper argues for the importance of examining the way the messages of Government
AIDS educational campaigns in Africa are interpreted at the local level. One of the striking …

The death of Botswana's last founding father, Sir Ketumile Quett Masire, in June 2017,
marked the end of an era. Since the release of the Fourth Edition of Historical Dictionary of …

This article explores heterosexual childfree women's decisions and the ways in which they
negotiate their childfree identity in the context of pronatalist expectations. A convenience …

Background In 2002, an estimated 2.5 billion people depended on biomass fuels for cooking
(OECD/IEA 2002) because they did not have, or had limited access to, modern energy …