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Global financial problems, rising food prices, climate change, international migration - increasingly by women - conflict situations in many poor countries, the spread of tropical diseases such as malaria and dengue fever and the increased incidence of HIV/AIDS and TB, and changing patterns of trade...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Momsen, Janet Henshall
Format: Printed Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Routledge perspectives on development
Subjects:
Women in development > Developing countries.
Sexual division of labor > Developing countries.
Women > Developing countries.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : gender is a development issue
  • The sex ratio
  • Reproduction
  • Gender, health and violence
  • Gender and environment
  • Gender in rural areas
  • Gender and urbanization
  • Globalization and changing patterns of economic activity
  • How far have we come?

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