Child Poverty and Gender and Location Disparities in Zimbabwe: A Multidimensional Deprivation Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 99-137
Author(s):  
Anthony S. Musiwa
Keyword(s):  
Child Poverty ◽  
Multidimensional Deprivation ◽  
Deprivation Approach ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals Measuring Child Multidimensional Deprivation: A Sustainability Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3922
Author(s):  
Mario Biggeri ◽  
Lucia Ferrone
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Social Spending ◽  
Social Sector ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Child Deprivation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multidimensional Deprivation ◽  
Novel Method

Child multidimensional deprivation and poverty is a key challenge to achieving sustainable development. The aim of this paper is to present and apply a new composite index for evaluating the progress towards eradicating child poverty: the Child Multidimensional Deprivation Index (CMDI). This index stems from the foundational literature on multidimensional child poverty that is rooted in the work started by UNICEF and based on the seven core dimensions of multidimensional child deprivation, while considering two additional dimensions of environmental sustainability. The CMDI applies a novel method of aggregation that allows for flexibility of substitution between dimensions, therefore overcoming some of the limitations of conventional indices. Results for 24 countries show that most countries experienced a decrease in multidimensional deprivation in the years between 2010 and 2016, but some of the poorest countries saw an increase in deprivation. Additionally, in several countries, the decrease in child deprivation was small. Results also show that investment in social spending is associated with a lower level of deprivation. Investment in the social sector is crucial to achieving this goal and preventing the negative effects of economic and other types of crisis.

scholarly journals Irish Female Members of the European Parliament: Critical Actors for Women's Interests?

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 483-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauline Cullen
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Main Site ◽  
Power Base ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Contemporary Context ◽  
The Eu

The European Parliament (EP) is credited as an important actor in improving the rights of women in Ireland. Lacking a power base in national political parties, Irish feminists and European Union (EU) officials, including members of the EP (MEPs), have worked to secure progress on gender equality. This research explores whether, in the contemporary context, Irish female MEPs remain critical actors for women's interests at the EU level. Findings show that although Irish female MEPs have a limited record of involvement with the EP's main site for gender equality, the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, they do act in a variety of ways on women's interests. These include mobilization on gendered occupational roles and traditionally gendered areas such as care work, child poverty, and issues constructed as affecting women outside the EU. Irish female MEPs also facilitate forms of supranational lobbying in their support of EU-level advocacy for domestic gendered civil society and campaign groups. However, ideology and party political discipline, the pull toward local and national interests, and an absence of strong feminist agency work to diminish opportunities for female MEPs to act as critical actors and deliver critical acts on women's interests.

scholarly journals Child Poverty in Turkey

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Özlem Durgun
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Poor Children

Poverty is one of the biggest problems in developing countries. Poverty is general scarcity or the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Poverty issue is examined on a sector and national levels. Addition it is examined in households and gender level in many countries. When these studies are examined, the most affected segments of poverty are women and children. In our study: The relationship between the woman poverty rates and female labour force participation rates were examined in Turkey. Poor children do not only occur in developing countries. In developed countries and in countries with high income levels, poor children are likely to occur. Adults’ poverty is possible to solve in time with employment, aids and donations. However, child poverty continues in the future. Unfortunately, aid to households are not enough. So the problem must be clearly demonstrated and implemented specific policies for children. Child is the social structure of the subject. Damage to children will be create a domino effect in the future. Consequently, it should be recognized and taken measures taken in advance.

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