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Gender Perspectives on the Global Economic Crisis โ New Oxfam International Discussion Paper
A new paper Gender Perspectives on the Global Economic Crisis ( http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/economic_crisis/gender-perspectives-economic-crisis.html ) by Richard King, Oxfam GB policy researcher, and Dr Caroline Sweetman, Editor of Gender & Development journal is published today by Oxfam International.
Summary
The economic crisis continues to affect many women and men living in poverty. But how these effects are felt depends, to a large extent, on their relationships with the people and institutions with whom they interact. These relationships are profoundly different for women and men.Unemployment hits poor families hard, regardless of whether it is a man or woman who is laid off. But the chances of a family recovering from this setback is shaped by the different levels of bargaining power that women and men have in the labour market, and their different responsibilities at home. The gender inequalities and power imbalances that predate the current crisis have resulted in its additional afflictions falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised.
Although often labelled โcoping strategiesโ, the means women find to respond to crises are frequently unsustainable, and are more appropriately conceived of as โdesperation measuresโ. Pre-existing inequalities, which include under-representation of women at all levels of economic decision making and their over-representation in informal, vulnerable, and casual employment, are often more significant than gender inequalities arising specifically from the crisis.
This paper summarises the issues raised during a workshop ( http://www.genderanddevelopment.org/crisis-workshop.asp ) of development and gender practitioners and academics, convened in September 2009, by Gender & Development journal and Oxfam.
To read this paper and other Oxfam publications on the crisis visit: www.oxfam.org.uk/economiccrisis
Please read full 18-Page Document from: http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/economic_crisis/downloads/dp_gender_perspectives_gec_020210.pdf
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When: 7/2/2014
