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Resources Utilized in the Preparation of This Brief

We recommend the following resources, a number of which were utilized in the preparation of this issue brief, as good sources for further learning on the subject of women’s poverty.

International Development Research Centre

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) was created by the parliament of Canada in 1970 to help developing countries use science and technology to find practical, long-term solutions to the social, economic and environmental problems they face.

Savard, Luc, Anyck Dauphin, Marie-Claude Martin and Dr. Randy Spence. “Fighting Poverty In Developing Countries: Should the Focus be Households or Women?” Available online at: http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-25403-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html.

The International Monetary Fund

The International Monetary Fund is an international organization of 185 member countries. It was established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.

Khan, Mahmood Hasan. “Rural Poverty in Developing Countries—Implications for Public Policy.” Economic Issues No. 26. Available online at:

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/issues/issues26/index.htm#1.

       

United Nations Development Fund for Women

UNIFEM is the women's fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. Placing the advancement of women's human rights at the center of all of its efforts, UNIFEM focuses its activities on four strategic areas: (1) reducing feminized poverty, (2) ending violence against women, (3) reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS among women and girls, and (4) achieving gender equality in democratic governance in times of peace as well as war.

Reducing Women’s Poverty and Exclusion—Gender Issues: Women, Poverty and Economics. Available online at: http://www.unifem.org/gender_issues/ women_poverty_economics/at_a_glance.php.

“Facts and Figures.” Stand Up Against Women’s Poverty. Available online at: http://www.womenfightpoverty.org/issue.php.

        

United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

The Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW) advocates the improvement of the status of women of the world, and the achievement of their equality with men –as equal actors, partners, and beneficiaries of sustainable development, human rights, peace and security.

 

“The Feminization of Poverty.” Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development and Peace for the Twenty-first Century. Available online at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/followup/session/presskit/fs1.htm.

 

United Nations Population Fund

The United Nations Population Fund, UNFPA, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programs to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect.

“Labour Force Participation and Employment.”  Women’s Empowerment and Reproductive Health. Available online at:

http://www.unfpa.org/intercenter/cycle/labour.htm.

“Critical Area 1: Women and Poverty.” Women and Poverty. Available online at: http://www.unfpa.org/intercenter/beijing/poverty.htm.

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Women and Poverty: An Overview

World Neighbors Work to End Feminized Poverty

A WOW! e-Brief

Work of Women program @ World Neighbors

December 2007

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