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76.8% of the Sky: Gender, Poverty and Development in Hong Kong
200576.8% is the proportion of employed women in Hong Kong whose income was under the poverty line (5000 HKD) in 2003. In spite of the feminization of poverty, the government ignores gender equality in it's poverty alleviation strategy. The only issues tackled which address women's interests are children's poverty within the family, and trans-generational poverty.DocumentGender Analysis Based on a Theoretical Hypothesis on Methods for Mainstreaming Urban Poverty Measurements
2004Mainstream urban poverty measurements make a basic theoretical assumption: 'equal distribution of poverty in the family', or 'equal grading of the consumption of basic living resources in the family'.DocumentSocial Differentiation and Gender Stratification in the Present Phase of China
Zhejiang University, 2004During the current social transition those with most power are men. Men make up about three-quarters of all those managing, state, society and private enterprises. In the middle levels of society, women and men make up fairly equal proportions of professional and technical people, but men outnumber women in higher level posts, and women predominate at the lower end.DocumentTrading Away Our Rights: Women Working in Global Supply Chains
Oxfam, 2004What are the difficulties faced by the predominantly female workforce at the end of global supply chains for fruit, vegetables and clothing which are dominated by powerful multinational corporations? This Oxfam report outlines these difficulties.DocumentLabour and Social Issues Relating to Export Processing Zones, Report for discussion in the Tripartite Meeting of Export-Processing Zone-Operating Countries
International Labour Organization, 1998It is now widely understood that women make up the majority of workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) - areas dedicated to the mass production of export commodities such as garments and electrical goods in large factories. The labour and social concerns of female workers differ from those of men.DocumentMainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policy-makers and Other Stakeholders
Commonwealth Secretariat, 2004What is the relationship between gender inequality and work in the informal economy? How do we promote good working conditions for poor and vulnerable groups? Street vendors, workers in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) and small farmers are quite visible in the informal economy.DocumentEmployment, Poverty, and Gender in Ghana
University of Massachussets, Amherst, 2005What are the connections between gender, employment, and poverty in Ghana? This report addresses this question using data from the fourth round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, administered in 1998/99.DocumentGender Mainstreaming in Development Cooperation Ireland Country Strategy Papers (CSP)
Development Cooperation Ireland, 2005Development assistance is currently undergoing a shift from project-based funding to centralised support for national budgets. These new aid modalities are country-led and based on principles of donor coordination and policy dialogue.DocumentTackling the Causes of Trafficking
Anti-Trafficking Centre, Serbia, 1990How can the causes of trafficking be addressed? The Anti-Trafficking Centre (ATC) in Belgrade, an NGO, works to combat trafficking from Serbia and Montenegro and the region by tackling the causes of trafficking such as gender-based violence, poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities.DocumentThe Corner Project - Working with Children of Migrants in Mexico
Corner Project, 2005The Corner Project, started by a North American in Mexico, works in a mountainous area of Mexico where male and female out-migration is significant. Farming has traditionally been the backbone of the local economy.Pages
