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Gender and poverty refers to gendered deprivation, encompassing capabilities, livehoods, subjectivities, and exclusion. A broader concept of gendered poverty is more useful than a focus only on household income because it allows a better grasp of the multidimensional aspects of gender disadvantage, such as the lack of power to control important decisions that affect one’s life.
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From a multidimensional perspective, gender and poverty refers to gendered deprivation, encompassing capabilities, live hoods, subjectivities, and exclusion. Broader concepts of poverty such as those developed by Amartya Sen are more useful than a focus only on household income because they allow a better grasp of the multidimensional aspects of gender disadvantage, such as lack of power to control important decisions that affect one’s life (Chant 2006).
Women are indeed poorer in most societies in many dimensions of capabilities. In addition,...
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Dussaillant, F. (2014). Gender and Poverty. In: Michalos, A.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0753-5_1124
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