Women and Economic Policy

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Editor(s)
Evers, Barbara
Publication date
1993-01-01
Subject
Economics
Gender
Keywords
Gender mainstreaming
Debt relief
Finance
Country
Bangladesh
India
Albania
Tanzania
Chile

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Series
Oxfam Focus on Gender
Document type
Book
Description
The articles in Women and Economic Policy are centred around two main themes: macroeconomic policy and gender relations; and income generation projects and women's empowerment. In many countries of the South, the introduction of structural adjustment policies to address the problem of mounting international debt has had a profoundly damaging effect on poor women and their families. Many of the writers describe the pressures on women's time and energy which result from reductions in government social services. Increasingly, women have become the "coping mechanism' with which societies deal with economic problems. Yet their vital contribution to the economy often goes unrecognised. The 'invisibility' of women's work is another major issue referred to by several authors. Covering a wide range of countries, the articles look at many different aspects of women's lives, the effects of economic policies, and how women are adapting and organising to enable their families and communities to survive. In a very real sense, all economic issues are women's issues, and a focus on gender will lead to a clearer economic analysis and more effective economic policies.
Table of contents
Editorial; Gender relations and economic issues; Structural adjustment: cure or curse? Implications for Caribbean development; Changing from subsistence to cash cropping: Sakaramma's story; Gender, economic growth, and poverty; Struggles over patriarchal structural adjustment in Tanzania; Filipino women demand freedom from debt; Is liberalisation damaging Albanian women's health?; The other side of economic success: poverty, inequality, and women in Chile; Investment finance: off limits for women; NGOs and gender policy: some issues from the South Indian silk reeling industry; Saptagram opens up windows of opportunity in Bangladesh; Empowerment through income generating projects; Through Western eyes: two poems; Resources and Further Reading
Pages
67
ISBN
978-0-85598-260-7
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/121152
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https://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/women-and-economic-policy-121152
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