Gender, Development, and Money

Focusing upon microfinance and micro-credit issues, the contributors to this volume ask just what role does earning play in transforming the power relations between men and women? How far does a change in gender roles affect beliefs about who has the power in the household, the marketplace or that state? And how can one value the unpaid work that most women perform in the home and family context?

ISBN	0855984538	Volumes	1
ISBN13	9780855984533 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	249
Publisher	Oxfam Publishing	Published in	Oxford
Imprint	Oxfam Professional	Series editor	Sweetman, Caroline, Masika, Rachel
Format	Paperback	Series ISSN	0968-286
Publication date	24 May 2001	Series title	Oxfam Focus on Gender
Library of Congress	HQ	Height (mm)	246
DEWEY	338.9	Width (mm)	189
DEWEY edition	DC21	Spine width (mm)	6
Pages	80	Academic level	Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Undergraduate

		Editorial by Caroline Sweetman		2
		Gender biases in finance by Irene van Staveren		9
		Rural women earning income in Indonesian factories: the impact on gender relations by Peter Hancock		18
		Just another job? Paying for domestic work by Bridget Anderson		25
		Conceptualising women's empowerment in societies in Cameroon: how does money fit in? by Joyce B. Endeley		34
		Pathways to empowerment? Reflections on microfinance and transformation in gender relations in South Asia by Juliet Hunt and Nalini Kasynathan		42
		Mama Cash: investing in the future of women by Lilianne Ploumen		53
		Money that makes a change: community currencies, North and South by Gill Seyfang		60
		'More and more technology, women have to go home': changing skill demands in manufacturing and Caribbean women's access to training by Daphne Jayasinghe		70
		An income of one's own: a radical vision of welfare policies in Europe and beyond by Ingrid Robeyns		82
		Resources		90
		Publications		90
		Organisations		94
		Electronic Resources		95
		Videos		96

This is a highly thought-provoking collection of articles, which together challenge simplistic views relating to the links between women, money and empowerment. By drawing out the highly complex relationships and presenting conflicting evidence, readers are left to draw their own conclusions. In this sense, it is a valuable contribution to the literature and is recommended to all those who are interested in women's income-generating activities and empowerment issues inclusing development practitioners, donor agencies and academics. Small Enterprise Development Journal, June 2003

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