Gender describes the expectations that society has of women and men, girls and boys, and the way they relate to each other. Gender expectations shape the economic roles and strategies that young people are taught to pursue, and result in different vulnerability factors among youth and children. This section of the website draws together resources on the topic of gender issues in economic strengthening for children and youth to provide practitioners and donors with the information necessary to better meet the specific needs of vulnerable girls and boys.
This report focuses on the consideration of gender in the design of the USAID Poverty Assessment Tools for microenterprise projects and provides recommendations for how these poverty tools may be adapted to assess the presence of intra-household poverty and inequality. The objective of this report is to draw attention to the presence of intra-household inequality and develop a menu of options for developing and testing methods to assess intra-household poverty.
Creator:
Sarah Gammage
Contributor:
DevTech Systems
Publisher:
USAID
Date:
2006
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