Breaking the Barriers - Women and the Elimination of World Poverty, 1999, 24 p.

Table of Contents

Issues

DFID - Department for International Development

Table of Contents

Women's inequality and world poverty

Our Policy
Partnerships

Poverty and sustainable livelihoods

Women and Agriculture
Managing Forests
Urban Poverty
Credit and Financial Services

More power for women

Government
Civil Society
Violence and Conflict

Education and health

EDUCATION

Schooling
Literacy and Non-Formal Education

HEALTH

Children by Choice
Maternal Mortality
Sexual Health...
...Including for Young People
Involving Women
Female Genital Mutilation

Women-friendly infrastructure

Travel and Transport
Water and Sanitation
Improving Basic Services
Easing Women's Workload

Working with international partners

In the EU
At the UN
World Bank
OECD
The Commonwealth

Building capacity and measuring progress

The future