| Description |
ix, 338 pages : maps ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Why Women-Headed Households? -- 2. Conceptual Context and Core Debates -- 3. Women-Headed Households in Global Perspective -- 4. Women-Headed Households and Development -- 5. Mexico, Costa Rica and the Philippines: National Perspectives -- 6. Female Headship and the Urban Poor: Case Study Perspectives -- 7. Victims or Survivors? -- 8. Growing Up in Women-Headed Households -- 9. Whither Women-Headed Households? Directions for Theory, Research and Policy |
| Summary |
Vital measures to counteract this tendency include increased awareness and acceptance of multiple contemporary forms of household and family life. To this end, Chant calls for greater collaboration in analysis, policy and action for gender equality across the North-South divide |
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Households headed by women are a growing presence worldwide. This is the first book to focus on their diversity and dynamics in developing countries. Set within the context of global trends and debates on female household headship, the analysis explores the reasons for the formation and increase in women-headed households in different parts of the world and their capacity for survival in societies where male-headed households are both the norm and ideal. Case-study material from urban and urbanising areas in Mexico, Costa Rica and the Philippines illustrates the varied routes by which low-income women enter household headship, and the outcomes for women and other household members at the grassroots. While personal experiences of female headship often differ between individuals and countries, women-headed households everywhere are exposed to discrimination and disadvantage |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-321) and index |
| Subject |
Women heads of households -- Developing countries.
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Women heads of households.
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| Author |
Campling, Jo.
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| LC no. |
96038950 |
| ISBN |
0312172427 (hardcover) |
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0333640675 (hardcover) |
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0333640683 (paperback) |
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