Gender and poverty in the North
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Gender and poverty in the North
(Oxfam focus on gender)
Oxfam, c1997
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
International development policy-makers of the industrialized countries are focusing on understanding and tackling northern poverty. The articles in this collection examine the phenomenon of the globalization of poverty and unemployment as it relates to gender identity.
Table of Contents
- Editorial, Caroline Sweetman
- from the South to the North - evolving perspectives on gender and poverty, Fatma Alloo and Wendy Harcourt
- gender, race and the "underclass" - the truth behind the American dream, Sara Chamberlain
- power and dignity - women, poverty and credit unions, Annette Rimmer
- participation begins at home - adapting participatory development approaches from Southern contexts, Ros David and Yvonne Craig
- the street press - homelessness, self-help and social identity, Tessa Swithinbank
- giving women the credit - the Norwich Full Circle Project, Ruth Pearson and Erika Watson
- building community capacity - Hull and East Yorkshire PRA network, Tilly Sellers
- interview - Helen Carmichael of LEAP Theatre Workshop.
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