The International Handbook of Women and Poverty

Sheila Katz, Laura Livesey

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2026
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9798765164075
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Demography
• Index: Social Sciences

Almost half of the global population lives on less than $2 USD per day, and the majority these people are women and children who lack access to adequate nutrition, clean water, shelter, sanitation, and basic healthcare.

The International Handbook of Women and Poverty is an innovative, collaborative project by leading experts in poverty. Scholars from around the globe explore the dynamics of women and poverty in their respective countries and highlight local social justice initiatives. Topical coverage ranges from child marriage and teenage pregnancy to violence and war to climate change. The result is a handbook that explores how poverty and inequality vary by country, region, continent, and level of development. It is an essential reference work for anyone who seeks to understand the feminization of poverty.

Table of 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
• 2 The Intersecting Structural Inequalities, Women’s Poverty, and Social Justice Initiatives in Tanzania Neema Langa
• 3 Akwete Weaving as Indigenous Enterprise Cultural and Economic Agency among Igbo Women in Nigeria Chinelo L. Njaka
• 4 Poverty of Older Women in Slovenia What’s UBI Got to Do with It? Vesna Leskošek and Ana Kralj
• 5 The Gendered Faces of Poverty and Hidden Homelessness in Croatia Lynette Šikić-Mićanović
• 6 Energy, Gender, and Crisis Unfolding Women’s Vulnerabilities in North Macedonia Ana Stojilovska
• 7 Challenges in the Search of Gendered Poverty Soviet and Post-Soviet Armenia Stella Grigorian
• 8 When Home Vanishes Fuel Poverty and Spatial Dispossession on the Aylesbury Estate, London, United Kingdom Chinelo L. Njaka
• 9 Life in a Crisis Zone Poverty and Suffering Grow among the Women of Gaza Laura Livesey
• 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
• 11 Driving Women’s Empowerment Evidence from Basera’s Driverben Initiative in India Kirti Joshi
• 12 From Brides to Breadwinners The Gendered Costs of Child Marriage in Bima, Indonesia Denty Piawai Nastitie
• 13 From Cultural Pride to Inherited Burdens Belis and Intergenerational Poverty in Eastern Indonesia Alda Soraya Asikin and Maria Gracea
• 14 Poverty and the Incidence of Teenage Pregnancy in the Philippines Gloria Luz M. Nelson
• 15 Women Helping Women
• 16 Climate Change, Agriculture, and Women’s Poverty in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta Kristy Kelly
• 17 Care beyond Homes and Institutions An Experience of Community Care in The Rocinha Favela of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil Felícia Picanço
• 18 “Las Mujeres No Necesitan Estudiar” Gendered Educational Barriers and the Reproduction of Poverty in El Salvador Mayra Rodriguez and María Josefina Guardado González
• 19 Communicative and Social Justice Change Initiatives to Combat Women’s Poverty in Oaxaca, Mexico Leandra H. Hernández and José Coreas
• 20 The Vast Rural and Remote Areas of Canada’s Provincial North A Snapshot of Canadian Women’s Experience of Poverty Leslie Nichols
• 21 Hawaiʻi—Poverty in Paradise Teresa Bill and Kapilialoha Bovard
• 22 Welfare and Education An Autoethnographic Account of Social Mobility in the United States Tracy Xavia Karner
• 23 The Working Poor Race, Gender, and Labor Inequality in the US South Gabrielle Grant
• 24 Women’s Poverty in Wealthiest, Most Densely Populated Region of the United States: The Northeast Luisa S. Deprez
• 25 Trapped by Poverty Abortion Access for Low-Income Women in the United States Sheila M. Katz
• 26 Conclusion Fighting Poverty Local to Global Sheila M. Katz and Laura Livesey
• Contributors
• Index