Gender and development
- 2nd ed.
- London Routledge 2010
- xiv, 285p.
Provides an introduction to gender and development issues in the developing world and in the transition countries of Eastern and Central Europe. Discusses the changes in theoretical approaches, gender complexities and the Millennium Development Goals; social and biological reproduction including differing attitudes to family planning by states and variation in education and access to housing; differences in health and violence at major life stages for women and men and natural disasters and gender roles in rural and urban areas.
978-0415-77563-2
Women in development|Sexual division of labor|Women|Developing Countries