The book will enhance understanding of the constraints and barriers that confine women to more poorly remunerated, more casual and more insecure forms of waged and self-employment, and of what this implies for women’s ability to provide for their families and cope with insecurit…
The vast majority of the world' s working women, particularly those from low-income households in developing countries, are located in the informal economy in activities that are casual, poorly paid, irregular and outside the remit of formal social security and protective legisl…
"This book examines the constraints that confine women located in the informal economy, particularly those from low-income households in developing countries, in activities that are casual, poorly paid, irregular and outside the remit of formal social security and protective leg…
"This book examines the constraints that confine women located in the informal economy, particularly those from low-income households in developing countries, in activities that are casual, poorly paid, irregular and outside the remit of formal social security and protective leg…
"Reversed Realities uncovers the deeply entrenched, hence barely visible, biases which underpin mainstream development theory and account for the marginal status given to women's needs in current development policy. Naila Kabeer traces the emergence of 'women' as a specific cate…