The '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-gender' policies for poverty reduction, the c…
This book analyses African foundations of gender, education, politics, democracy and institutional development by stimulating theoretical discourses. It offers a discursive framework on ways to examine the conceptualizations of African social development and a critical discourse…
Appendices include important international documents on the rights of women.
This book presents results from original research on the gender equity dimension of taxation from eight country studies, demonstrating new methodologies in evaluating the gender impacts of taxation, and making recommendations for tax policies and reform in developing and develop…
