Gender and the Economic Crisis

The current global economic crisis is expected to push millions more people into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalized. Contributors to this book map the emerging impact of the economic crisis on women, men and their families in different contexts, and suggest policy and practice changes.

Ruth Pearson is professor of International Development at the University of Leeds and is researching gender and work in the global economy. She is the author of many books and articles. Caroline sweetman is Editor of the international Journal Gender development and works for Oxfam GB.

Figures	p. vii
Tables	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The global economic crisis, its gender and ethnic implications, and policy responses	p. 15
Gender and the global economic crisis in developing countries: a framework for analysis	p. 37
Critical times: gendered implications of the economic crisis for migrant workers from Burma/Myanmar in Thailand	p. 51
Feminized recession: impact of the global financial crisis on women garment workers in the Philippines	p. 67
Securing the fruits of their labours: the effect of the crisis on women farm workers in Peru's Ica valley	p. 79
Cheap and disposable? The impact of the global economic crisis on the migration of Ethiopian women domestic workers to the Gulf	p. 87
The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners	p. 101
How the global economic crisis reaches marginalized workers: the case of street traders in Johannesburg, South Africa	p. 115
CrisiS, care and childhood: the impact of economic crisis on care work in poor households in the developing world	p. 129
Resources Compiled	p. 147
Index	p. 161
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