Global South Women

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses the plight of women under neo-liberal globalization as outlined by Alison M. Jaggar's article, "Vulnerable Women and Neo-Liberal Globalization: Debt Burdens Undermine Women's Health in the Global South". It provides a summary description of the article and then looks at the underlying determinants exacerbating the problem of women's health in the developing parts of the world. From there, the paper briefly explores the intermediate and proximate determinants of the global health issue.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Summary Description of Global Health Issue
Underlying Determinants Explaining Why Global South Women Suffer under "Neo-Lib" Globalization
Intermediate Determinants
Proximate Determinants of Why Global South Women Struggle from a Health Standpoint
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"At the proximate level, many women in the global south must deal with the day-to-day reality of being malnourished; to this state of affairs one must also add the poor sanitation and insufficient access to suitable drinking water that one commonly finds in impoverished lands. It is important to also realize that the absence of a meaningful education also means that many of these women are ignorant of what they should be putting into their bodies and what steps they should be taking to secure their own long-term vitality. Just to elaborate on this last point, eating disorders are not merely ubiquitous in developing lands, but have been shown to precipitate troubling health problems in their offspring, as well ("Nutrition and Reproduction in Women," 193-200). This phenomenon thus allows health maladies to be passed on from one generation of young women to the next generation of young women."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Jaggar, Alison M. "Vulnerable Women and Neo-Liberal Globalization: Debt Burdens Undermine Women's Health in the Global South." Theoretical Medicine, 23 (2002): 425-440.
• Milstein, Julie, and Miloud Kaddar. "Managing the Effect of TRIPS on the Availability of Priority Vaccines." Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 84.5 (2006): 360-65.
• "Nutrition and Reproduction in Women." Human Reproduction Update, 12.3 (2006): 193-207.

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