Food and Development

Gender and nutrition: the female case

Learning outcomes

At the end of this chapter, the reader should be able to:

•  Describe and explain an index that measures and maps gender discrimination

•  Understand the role of gender relations to the construction of female entitlements

•  Detail some common misconceptions about the economic roles of females in the global south

•  Describe some contrasts in entitlement patterns between rural and urban areas

•  Describe and explain the ‘missing women’ phenomenon

•  Describe some examples of female empowerment in the global south

Key concepts

Gendered entitlements; formal economy; informal economy; gender ...