| Short Summary |
| Title |
Gender Mainstreaming in Poverty Eradication and
the Millennium Development Goals |
| Author |
Kabeer, N |
| Publication Date |
March 2003 |
| Publisher |
Commonwealth Secretariat, International Development
Research Centre, Canadian International Development Agency |
| Short Summary
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At the United Nations Millennium Summit in 2000,
189 governments pledged collective responsibility to achieve eight
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the first being to halve world
poverty by 2015, and the third to "Promote gender equality and empower
women". This book provides evidence as to why promoting gender equality
is essential for halving world poverty and realising all eight MDGs.
Gender inequality contributes to poverty. A shift to ensure women
have increased access to resources will have a significant effect
on household welfare. At the same time, poverty contributes to gender
inequality, and tackling poverty may also reduce gender inequality.
However, economic growth alone will not bring such equality, as gender
inequality is caused by patriarchal regimes as well as scarcity. In
the short run, there may be a trade-off between gender equality and
economic growth, with women"s cheap labour fuelling growth. However,
long run, sustainable and pro-poor growth goes together with increasing
gender equality. This publication can be ordered from r.jones-parry@commonwealth.int
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