There is a growing focus on generating evidence on violence against informal women workers across the world.

In 1994, ICPD stressed gender equity as a precondition for health and development while affirming the need to address women's subordination in reproductive health programs. However, those responsible for implementing these broad goals still struggle with how to operationalise gender-aware approac

The drive for a rapid development in the education of women came largely from a perception summed up aptly in .the following statement by Mayhew: "women