Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction : a handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders
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Mainstreaming informal employment and gender in poverty reduction : a handbook for policy-makers and other stakeholders
(New gender mainstreaming series on development issues)
Commonwealth Secretariat, c2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-221)
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Description
This book highlights the lack of attention to employment, especially informal employment, in poverty reduction strategies and points to the links between being informally employed, being a woman or a man and being poor. It maps out the impacts on different categories of informal producers and workers, both men and women, within the context of major changes in the nature of work related to economic restructuring and liberalisation. Liberally scattered with practical examples, the book draws widely on recent data and evidence for a number of organisations, including the a global research policy network WIEGO (Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing). It provides a convincing case for an increased emphasis on informal employment and gender in poverty reduction strategies, and sets out a strategic framework that offers guidelines for policy-makers seeking to follow this approach.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations Foreword Executive Summary 1. Employment: The 'Missing Link' in the Poverty Debates The Globalisation-Growth-Poverty Debate Terms of the Debate The 'Missing link' in the Debate Conclusion 2. Informal Employment, Gender and Poverty The Informal Economy Women and Men in the Informal Economy The Links Between Informal Employment, Poverty and Gender Gender Segmentation of the Informal Economy Hidden Costs of Informal Employment The Global Horticulture Value Chain: An Illustrative Case Study Gender Segmentation of the Informal Economy and Poverty 3. The Changing World of Work: Linking Economic Reforms-Gender-Poverty Economic Reforms and Poverty Trade and Employment The Changing Nature of Work Conclusion 4. Decent Work for Informal Workers: Promising Strategies and Examples Goal 1: Promoting Opportunities Goal 2: Securing Rights Goal 3: Promoting Protection Goal 4: Promoting Voice Supporting Strategy- Collecting Statistics on the Informal Economy Conclusion 5. Informal Employment and Gender: A Strategic Policy Approach Policy Perspective Policy Goals Substantive Policy Areas Key Actors Policy Process References Appendices 1 llO Convention on Home Work, 1996 2 Recommendations to Extend National Labour Legislation to Informal Women Workers in India 3 Draft Umbrella Legislation on Informal Sector Workers, India 4 Bellagio Declaration of Street Vendors, 1995
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