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Dignity and Daily Practice
Author | : Monica Budowski |
Publisher | : LIT Verlag Münster |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9783825880729 |
In recent debates over poverty and development, notions of worth, dignity, and human rights have come to the forefront. This publication addresses the link between the theoretical notion of dignity as a social primary good and its material expressions in daily life from comparative social anthropological and historical perspectives. The empirical analysis is based on over one hundred in-depth interviews with lone mothers living in different cultural settings in Costa Rica. In addition, a unique and innovative national social policy measure aimed at promoting dignity and self-worth as a means to exit poverty and secure sustainable development is assessed.
Sustainability, growth, and poverty alleviation
Author | : Stephen A. Vosti |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2007-01-01 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0801856078 |
Developing countries are under pressure to produce more food for their growing populations, conserve natural resources, and reduce poverty. In the short term, however, these goals may compete with one another. This book focuses on the interactions between agricultural growth and environment and between environment and poverty. The chapters analyze and illustrate these interactions with case study evidence from the developing world in general and from specific agroclimatic zones in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The contributors also discuss what these links mean for development policies, agricultural technologies, and social and economic institutions. With a clearer picture of how these goals interact, policymakers and researchers can design strategies for working more effectively to meet them.
State of the World's Children
Author | : UNICEF. |
Publisher | : UNICEF |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9280644424 |
On 20 November 2009, the global community celebrates the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the unique document that sets international standards for the care, treatment and protection of all individuals below age 18. To celebrate this landmark, the United Nations Children's Fund is dedicating a special edition of its flagship report The State of the World's Children to examining the Convention's evolution, progress achieved on child rights, challenges remaining, and actions to be taken to ensure that its promise becomes a reality for all children.
Womens Empowerment and Nutrition
Author | : Mara van den Bold |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2013-11-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Many development programs that aim to alleviate poverty and improve investments in human capital consider womens empowerment a key pathway by which to achieve impact and often target women as their main beneficiaries. Despite this, womens empowerment dimensions are often not rigorously measured and are at times merely assumed. This paper starts by reflecting on the concept and measurement of womens empowerment and then reviews some of the structural interventions that aim to influence underlying gender norms in society and eradicate gender discrimination. It then proceeds to review the evidence of the impact of three types of interventionscash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programson womens empowerment, nutrition, or both. Qualitative evidence on conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs generally points to positive impacts on womens empowerment, although quantitative research findings are more heterogenous. CCT programs produce mixed results on long-term nutritional status, and very limited evidence exists of their impacts on micronutrient status. The little evidence available on unconditional cash transters (UCT) indicates mixed impacts on womens empowerment and positive impacts on nutrition; however, recent reviews comparing CCT and UCT programs have found little difference in terms of their effects on stunting and they have found that conditionality is less important than other factors, such as access to healthcare and child age and sex. Evidence of cash transfer program impacts depending on the gender of the transfer recipient or on the conditionality is also mixed, although CCTs with non-health conditionalities seem to have negative impacts on nutritional status. The impacts of programs based on the gender of the transfer recipient show mixed results, but almost no experimental evidence exists of testing gender-differentiated impacts of a single program. Agricultural interventionsspecifically home gardening and dairy projectsshow mixed impacts on womens empowerment measures such as time, workload, and control over income; but they demonstrate very little impact on nutrition. Implementation modalities are shown to determine differential impacts in terms of empowerment and nutrition outcomes. With regard to the impact of microfinance on womens empowerment, evidence is also mixed, although more recent reviews do not find any impact on womens empowerment. The impact of microfinance on nutritional status is mixed, with no evidence of impact on micronutrient status. Across all three types of programs (cash transfer programs, agricultural interventions, and microfinance programs), very little evidence exists on pathways of impact, and evidence is often biased toward a particular region. The paper ends with a discussion of the findings and remaining evidence gaps and an outline of recommendations for research.
Women's Work And Child Welfare In The Third World
Author | : Joanne Leslie |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2021-11-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 100000936X |
Recent trends in women's work and child survival and development in developing countries raise concerns about the relationship between these two key elements of development. This paper reviews and analyzes the methodology and findings of 50 studies of both women's work and infant feeding practices, and women's work and child nutritional status. Although the pattern of findings is complex and occasionally contradictory, the paper concludes that overall there is little evidence of a negative effect of maternal employment on child nutrition, and therefore no justification for limiting women's labor force participation on the grounds of promoting child welfare.
Consumption, Poverty And Inequality
Author | : P. Sarangi |
Publisher | : Discovery Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Consumption (Economics) |
ISBN | : 9788183562645 |
Study with particular reference to Orissa, India.
The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare
Author | : E. Kuhlmann |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 554 |
Release | : 2012-06-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1137295406 |
An authoritative, state-of-the-art collection that brings together key experts to provide an overview of the field. This new paperback edition includes 3 new chapters on human resources and health, end-of-life care and complementary and alternative medicine as well as thorough updates to the introduction and conclusion.
The Family in Global Perspective
Author | : Elaine J. Leeder |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 9780761928379 |
Examines the changing face of family life, in the United States and from culture to culture. This book offers a global viewpoint about family issues and help readers to think critically about family life in cultures beyond their own. It is intended for courses on marriage and the family in disciplines such as Family Studies and Sociology.