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Denial and Distress

Name: Denial and Distress
Author: Ranjani K. Murthy,Lakshmi Sankaran
ISBN: 9781842772645

by Ranjani K. Murthy, Lakshmi Sankaran

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In Denial and Distress the authors analyze the gender-differentiated impact of globalization on women and men in the various parts of Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. They provide evidence that not only is the incidence of poverty increasingly more severe among women than men but that the dimensions of women's poverty and the causes or process of their poverty are different from those of poor men. They conclude that the challenge for development agencies in Asia is to address the deep-rooted gender-specific causes of poverty, rather than the symptoms.

About the Author, Ranjani K. Murthy,Lakshmi Sankaran

Ranjani K. Murthy is currently a consultant, specializing in gender and social dimensions, for multilateral organisations like UNDP, IFAD, WHO, UNICEF, and UNFPA and International/National NGOs including OXFAM, ACTIONAID, and NOVIB.