caa a22 4500 467898545 CHVBK 20180406152811.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10708-007-9042-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10708-007-9042-7 Awumbila Mariama Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon, P.O. Box LG59, Accra, Ghana aut Gender equality and poverty in Ghana: implications for poverty reduction strategies [Elektronische Daten] [Mariama Awumbila] Poverty trends in Ghana show a decline over the last two decades. However, the period also shows evidence of the intensification of vulnerability and exclusion among some groups, including women. Among several variables accounting for women's vulnerability to poverty are gender inequalities, which it is argued, undermines development and the prospects for improving standards of living. Therefore it has been suggested that policies, which aim at reducing poverty and promoting sustainable development must integrate gender equality, equity and women's empowerment in its goals. Despite these, the interconnections between a reduction in gender inequality and a reduction in poverty are complex. The paper explores the gender dimensions of poverty in Ghana, and how gender inequalities are manifested and implicated in the reproduction of poverty. It also assesses the extent to which these have been taken into account in poverty reduction strategies and policies to enhance the situation of women. It concludes that if strategies to engender poverty reduction programmes are to be sustainable it is important to recognize unequal gender relations and the structures of power that women confront at all levels in Ghana and how these increase women's vulnerability to poverty. Springer Science + Business Media B.V., 2007 Development nationallicence Empowerment nationallicence Gender equality nationallicence Ghana nationallicence Poverty nationallicence Women nationallicence GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 67/2(2006-10-01), 149-161 0343-2521 67:2<149 2006 67 10708 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-007-9042-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-007-9042-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Awumbila Mariama Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, Legon, P.O. Box LG59, Accra, Ghana aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- GeoJournal Kluwer Academic Publishers 67/2(2006-10-01), 149-161 0343-2521 67:2<149 2006 67 10708 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer