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An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK - Report of the National Equality Panel

Hills, John - Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE - 2010

Britain is an unequal country, more so than many other industrial countries and more so than a generation ago. This is manifest in many ways - most obviously in the gap between those who are well off and those who are less well off. But inequalities in people's economic positions are also...

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Gender, rights and the disability grant in South Africa

Goldblatt, Beth - In: Development Southern Africa 26 (2009) 3, pp. 369-382

South Africa's disability grant is critical for the survival of many disabled people and their families, and is … disability theory offers a useful framework for understanding the needs of disabled women in South Africa's social assistance … system. This paper sets out the findings of a study of the disability grant system in two provinces in South Africa. It …

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Fathers 'Care' Too: The Impact of Family Relationships on the Experience of Work for Parents of Disabled Children

Venter, Katharine - In: Sociological Research Online 16 (2011) 3, pp. 1-1

There is a wealth of literature exploring the impact of parenthood on employment. However, this literature largely overlooks the experiences of parents of children with disabilities, for whom combining the care of their child with employment poses considerable challenges. Within the limited...

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The Retirement Life Course in America at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century

Warner, David; Hayward, Mark; Hardy, Melissa - In: Population Research and Policy Review 29 (2010) 6, pp. 893-919

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Intersectionality and gender mainstreaming in international health: Using a feminist participatory action research process to analyse voices and debates from the global south and n...

Tolhurst, Rachel; Leach, Beryl; Price, Janet; Robinson, Jude - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 11, pp. 1825-1832

Critiques of gender mainstreaming (GM) as the officially agreed strategy to promote gender equity in health internationally have reached a critical mass. There has been a notable lack of dialogue between gender advocates in the global north and south, from policy and practice, governments and...

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Unmet needs among disabled elderly Malaysians

Momtaz, Yadollah Abolfathi; Hamid, Tengku Aizan; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 5, pp. 859-863

Unmet need as a significant factor affecting quality of life in later life has recently received considerable attention in gerontological research. The main aim of this study was to identify the prevalence, predicting factors, and negative consequence of unmet need among older Malaysians. The...

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Impact of Living or Working Environments on Persons with Disabilities

Liu, Wei - Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific …

targeted disability policies and to implement programmes in order to mitigate those barriers. Some areas needing additional …

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Disability Trends by Marital Status Among Older Americans, 1997–2010: An Examination by Gender and Race

Liu, Hui; Zhang, Zhenmei - In: Population Research and Policy Review 32 (2013) 1, pp. 103-127

This study examined disability trends by marital status among older adults aged 60 and above from 1997 to 2010 in the U ….S. We addressed two questions: (1) Has the relationship between marital status and disability changed over the study period … reporting either ADL or IADL disability than the unmarried groups over the entire study period across all gender and racial …

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HIV Response. Reducing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Lessons from Argentina

Lavadenz, Fernando; Miachon, Lais - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014

Argentina reduced its HIV/AIDS burden by 21 percent from 2000 to 2010, saving an estimated 4,379 lives. This makes Argentina?s HIV/AIDS burden the second lowest in South America after Chile. Argentina reduced the mother-to-child HIV/AIDS transmission rate by 62 percent from 2000 to 2011. The...

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Disability, Gender and the Labour Market in Wales

Jones, Melanie; Latreille, Paul; Sloane, Peter - In: Regional Studies 40 (2006) 8, pp. 823-845

Jones M. K., Latreille P. L. and Sloane P. J. (2006) Disability, gender and the labour market in Wales, Regional … Studies 40, 823-845. Wales exhibits high rates of disability and inactivity, and a higher incidence of mental health problems …

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