related to maternity protection. ILO conventions dealing with women protection with respect to social security benefits as … well as the main issues defended by women organizations in world conferences sponsored by United Nations are presented and … analyzed in this paper. For the Brazilian context, it is presented a list of the main differences between men and women with …

The poor women in developing countries are burdened with the dual responsibility of taking care of housework and the … are characterized by low incomes and high levels of insecurity. There is a need to address the economic needs of the women …