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Description
Almost half of the global population lives on less than $2 USD per day, and the majority these people are women and children who lack access to adequate nutrition, clean water, shelter, sanitation, and basic healthcare.
The International Handbook of Women and Poverty: Global Essays and Social Justice Initiatives is an innovative, collaborative project by leading experts in poverty. Scholars from around the globe explore the dynamics of women and poverty in their respective countries and highlight local social justice initiatives. Topical coverage ranges from child marriage and teenage pregnancy to violence and war to climate change. The result is a handbook that explores how poverty and inequality vary by country, region, continent, and level of development. It is an essential reference work for anyone who seeks to understand the feminization of poverty.
Table of Contents
2. Crisis Zones: War, Famine, and Poverty in Global Hot Spots by Neema Langa, Laura Livesey, Andreina Ruiz, and Sheila M. Katz
3. “Las mujeres no necesitan estudiar”: Gendered Educational Barriers and the Reproduction of Poverty in El Salvador by Mayra Rodriguez and María Josefina Guardado González
4. Communicative and Social Justice Change Initiatives to Combat Poverty in Oaxaca, Mexico by Leandra Hernandez and José Coreas
5. Care beyond homes and institutions: an experience of community care in the Rocinha favela of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil by Felícia Silva Picanço
6. Structural inequalities, women's poverty, and social justice initiatives in Tanzania by Neema Langa
7. Women's Poverty in Igboland, Nigeria: Historical Legacy and Present Struggles by Chinelo L. Njaka
8. Intersectional Poverty: How Gender and Structure Shape Women's Lives in Iran by Nasim Koohi
9. Women and Poverty in Post-Soviet Armenia by Stella Grigorian
10. Poverty of Older women in Slovenia by Vesna Leskošek and Ana Kralj
11. The Gendered Faces of Poverty and Homelessness in Croatia by Lynette Šikic-Micanovic
12. Energy, Gender, and Crisis: Mapping Women's Vulnerabilities in North Macedonia by Ana Stojilovska
13. When Home Vanishes: Fuel Poverty and Spatial Dispossession on the Aylesbury Estate, London, United Kingdom by Chinelo L. Njaka
14. Educational Poverty as a Driver of Women's Poverty: Lessons from Uttar Pradesh, India by Ananya Tiwari
15. Margins to Mobility: Women's Work in Transport Sector - Evidence from Basera's Driverben Initiative from India by Kirti Joshi; Ernesto Noronha
16. From Brides to Breadwinners: The Hidden Economic Costs of Indonesian Child Marriage by Denty Piawai Nastitie
17. From Cultural Pride to Inherited Burdens: Belis and Intergenerational Poverty in Eastern Indonesia Alda Asikin & Maria Gracea
18. The Link Between Incidence of Poverty and the Incidence of Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines by Gloria Luz M. Nelson
19. Women Helping Women: The Case of a Community-Based Organization of Human Trafficking Survivors in La Union, Philippines by Aurora Lolita and L. Lomibao
20. Climate Change, Agriculture, and Women's Poverty in Viet Nam's Mekong Delta by Kristy Kelly
21. Hawaii – Poverty in Paradise by Teresa Bill and Kapilialoha Bovard
22. The Vast Rural and Remote Areas of Canada's Provincial North: A Snapshot of Canadian Women's Experience of Poverty by Leslie Nichols
23. A Single Mom in the 1980s: Welfare in the United States before Reform by Tracy Xavia Karner
24. The Working Poor: Race, Gender, and Labor Inequality in the U.S. South by Gabrielle Grant
25. Women's Poverty in the most densely populated region in the U.S Northeast U.S. by Luisa S. Deprez
26. Trapped by Poverty: Abortion Access for Low-Income Women in the United States by Sheila M. Katz
27. Conclusion: Fighting Poverty Local to Global
28. Epilogue
Product details
| Published | Sep 17 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9798765164075 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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