Family Structures & the Household
Power dynamics among household members and unequal access to resources inhibit gender equality in the household. This theme explores key gender issues including in relation to the life course and life events such as marriage and divorce, the gender division of labour within the household, inheritance rights and female-headed households.
Documents on Family Structures & the Household (394)
Author:
A. Swarup;I. Dankelman;K. Ahluwalia,
Plan International, Jan 2011
How do girls experience climate change in Ethiopia and Bangladesh? This report, based on participatory research in the two countries, argues that programmes and policies that do not recognise the ...
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Author:
G Aboud,
Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, Jan 2011
This Supporting Resources Collection - part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Pack on Gender and Climate Change- showcases existing work on gender and climate change. It presents summaries of a ...
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Development Assistance Committee, OECD, Jan 2010
Since the Rwandan genocide in 1994, women have come to play a more important role in the formal sector, although the majority of Rwandan women still work in subsistence farming. ...
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Author:
B. Sleap,
HelpAge International, Jan 2010
15 years ago, the Beijing Declaration recognised age discrimination as one of the factors contributing to the barriers to women's empowerment and advancement. Older women were specifically mentioned in the ...
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development , Jan 2009
"The Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) is a new composite measure of gender equality, based on the OECD's Gender, Institutions and Development Database. While conventional indicators of gender equality ...
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