Title: Denial and distress : gender, poverty, and human rights in Asia /
Authors: Murthy, Ranjani K.; Sankaran, Lakshmi.
Publisher: Zed Books,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Poverty Asia; Women Asia Social conditions.; Human rights Asia
Abstract: "In Denial and Distress the authors analyse the gender-differentiated impact of globalisation on women and men in the various parts of Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. They provide empirical evidence that not only is the incidence of poverty increasingly more severe among women than men, but that the dimensions of women's poverty and the causes or process of their poverty are different from those of poor men." "This book will be useful for government and NGO policy makers, planners, researchers and students working on development issues in Asia."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. Gender and Poverty: Conceptual Issues and Debates -- 2. Poverty in Asia and the CIS: Is There a Feminisation? -- 3. Gender Specific Causes of Poverty -- 4. Human Rights Violations Against Women in the Region -- 5. Emerging Vulnerable Groups and Issues: Gender, Poverty and Human Rights -- 6. Implications for Policy.