The International Handbook of Women and Poverty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Sheila.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.

Summary:

An authoritative and up-to-date survey of women and poverty with an international focus.

Contents:

Cover Page

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Imprint

Dedication Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction Feminization of Poverty through International and Intersectional Perspectives Sheila M. Katz, Laura Livesey, and Savanah M. Jio

Defining Global Poverty

Sociological Perspectives on Gender and Poverty

Intersectionality

Purpose of This Handbook

Chapter Outline

Conclusion

Note

References

2 The Intersecting Structural Inequalities, Women's Poverty, and Social Justice Initiatives in Tanzania Neema Langa

Defining Women's Poverty in Tanzania

The Context

The Historical Legacies of Tanzanians' Gendered Poverty

The Intersecting Structural Inequalities Contributing to Women's Poverty

Social Justice Initiatives in Unraveling Tanzanian Women's Poverty

Discussion Questions

3 Akwete Weaving as Indigenous Enterprise Cultural and Economic Agency among Igbo Women in Nigeria Chinelo L. Njaka

Introduction to Women's Poverty in Nigeria

Igboland, Nigeria: Historical Legacy and Present Struggles

Akwete: Women's Creative Expression and Economic Strategy

Traditional Skills, Modern Challenges: Akwete in Contemporary Context

Beyond The Local: From Akwete to Global Practice

4 Poverty of Older Women in Slovenia What's UBI Got to Do with It? Vesna Leskošek and Ana Kralj

Restricted Access to Financial Support and Social Justice Initiatives

Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a Structural Response to Gendered Poverty in Old Age

Funding Source

Notes

5 The Gendered Faces of Poverty and Hidden Homelessness in Croatia Lynette Šikić-Mićanović

Persistent Gender Gaps and the Feminization of Poverty

Female Homelessness in Croatia

Discussion Questions.

Funding

6 Energy, Gender, and Crisis Unfolding Women's Vulnerabilities in North Macedonia Ana Stojilovska

Women's Multiple Energy Vulnerabilities in North Macedonia

7 Challenges in the Search of Gendered Poverty Soviet and Post-Soviet Armenia Stella Grigorian

Post-Soviet Republic of Armenia

Stories of Poverty: Remembrances and Nostalgia as Data

Soviet Armenia: Impact of State Policies for Housing, Employment, and Healthcare

Post-Soviet Armenia: Natural Disasters, Market Economies, War, And Migrations

Economic Data on Gendered Poverty in Contemporary Armenia

New Gender Policies

Conclusion: Feminization of Poverty-The Search Continues

8 When Home Vanishes Fuel Poverty and Spatial Dispossession on the Aylesbury Estate, London, United Kingdom Chinelo L. Njaka

Introduction: From Promise to Abandonment

The Making of a Polycrisis

The Winter of 2024-2025: When Crisis Meets Abandonment

Toward Spatial Justice: Policy and Community-Led Solutions

9 Life in a Crisis Zone Poverty and Suffering Grow among the Women of Gaza Laura Livesey

Feminization of Poverty in Gaza: A Brief Review

Theoretical Lenses for Understanding Gaza's Feminization of Poverty

Exacerbation of Feminized Poverty in Gaza

Spotlight on Social Justice

10 Intersecting Inequalities and the Promise of Systems Change in Uttar Pradesh, India Ananya Tiwari, Payal P. Shah, Anupam Ahuja, Nidhi Kinhal, Disha Srivastava, Seema Marmath, and Shameema M. Yousuf

Uttar Pradesh and the Education Divide

SwaTaleem's Systems Approach to Girls' Education.

Conclusion: From Access to Transformation

Funding Sources

11 Driving Women's Empowerment Evidence from Basera's Driverben Initiative in India Kirti Joshi

The Indian Context

Opening Opportunities in the Transport Industry

The Driverben Program

12 From Brides to Breadwinners The Gendered Costs of Child Marriage in Bima, Indonesia Denty Piawai Nastitie

Poverty in Indonesia

Determinants of Child Marriage

The Hidden Cost of Child Marriage

Social Initiative

13 From Cultural Pride to Inherited Burdens Belis and Intergenerational Poverty in Eastern Indonesia Alda Soraya Asikin and Maria Gracea

Overview of Belis

Customary Versus National Law

From Cultural Symbol to Economic Transaction: Gendered Power Imbalances in Belis

Methodology

Intergenerational Poverty

Transformation of Belis

14 Poverty and the Incidence of Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines Gloria Luz M. Nelson

Poverty and Poor Access to Education

Poverty and Teen Pregnancy

Filipino Resiliency and Optimism

Social Justice Programs

15 Women Helping Women

Trafficking of Women OFWs

The Gender Dimension of OFW Reintegration Programs

Bannuar ti La Union (BTLU)

Moving Forward

16 Climate Change, Agriculture, and Women's Poverty in Viet Nam's Mekong Delta Kristy Kelly

Gendered Labor Divisions in Agriculture

Gendered Patterns of Power and Decision-Making

Ineffective Gender Equality Institutions, Laws, and Policies

Spotlight on Social Justice Initiatives

Conclusion.

Discussion Questions

Funding

17 Care beyond Homes and Institutions An Experience of Community Care in The Rocinha Favela of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil Felícia Picanço

Care Paradox: Obligation, Inequalities, and Activism

The Socioeconomic Context of Renovadas

Analysis and Discussion of Results

18 "Las Mujeres No Necesitan Estudiar" Gendered Educational Barriers and the Reproduction of Poverty in El Salvador Mayra Rodriguez and María Josefina Guardado González

The Feminization of Poverty in El Salvador

Cultural Expectations, Machismo, and Higher Education

Personal Narrative of María Josefina Guardado González

Social Change and Social Justice Initiatives

19 Communicative and Social Justice Change Initiatives to Combat Women's Poverty in Oaxaca, Mexico Leandra H. Hernández and José Coreas

Overview: Poverty in Oaxaca

Conclusions: Community Responses to Poverty in Oaxaca

20 The Vast Rural and Remote Areas of Canada's Provincial North A Snapshot of Canadian Women's Experience of Poverty Leslie Nichols

Canadian Poverty in Context

The Poverty of Women in Canada's Rural and Remote Provincial North

In Canada's Provincial North, What Keeps Women in Poverty?

Particular Problems Meeting Basic Needs for Indigenous Women

What Lifts Women Up? Justice Initiatives

21 Hawaiʻi-Poverty in Paradise Teresa Bill and Kapilialoha Bovard

Hawaiʻi's High-Cost/Low-Wage Economy and Women's Poverty

Housing Costs Drive Hawaiʻi's Affordability Crisis

Tourism and Service Sector Wages

Poverty Isn't A Crime but Amplifies Injustice.

Bridge to Hope Social Justice Initiative: "Education to Leave Poverty, Not Just Welfare"

Further Social Change Needed

22 Welfare and Education An Autoethnographic Account of Social Mobility in the United States Tracy Xavia Karner

Poverty In North Dakota

Resources for Women

Opportunity for Higher Education

Shaming Welfare Mothers

Personal Benefits of Public Assistance

23 The Working Poor Race, Gender, and Labor Inequality in the US South Gabrielle Grant

Welfare Reform: Work First, Respect Last

Social Justice Initiative

24 Women's Poverty in Wealthiest, Most Densely Populated Region of the United States: The Northeast Luisa S. Deprez

Social Justice Initiatives

25 Trapped by Poverty Abortion Access for Low-Income Women in the United States Sheila M. Katz

Welfare Reform in The United States

Women and Poverty in The United States

Poorest US States Are Most Conservative (Red States)

Increasing Deep Poverty in The United States

Poverty and Unintended Pregnancy

US Women's Poverty and Abortion Access After Dobbs Decision

Impact of Travel Burdens on Abortion Access

Travel Costs and Logistics for Obtaining an Abortion

Women's Time Away from Work

Women's Time Away from Home

Social Psychological Stress, Privacy, and Domestic Violence

Strategies to Raise Funds for Unexpected Travel

26 Conclusion Fighting Poverty Local to Global Sheila M. Katz and Laura Livesey

Chapter Insights

Women in Crisis Zones

Themes Across Chapters

Final Thoughts

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9798765164075

OCLC:

1603127525