Conditional Cash Transfer Programs have been widely used throughout less developed countries to fight poverty and foster socioeconomic development. In Women Gender and Conditional Cash Transfers a multidisciplinary group of feminist scholars use survey data analysis in-depth interviews and ethnographic and archival research to explore the extent to which Bolsa Familia in Brazil contributes to womenÂs autonomy and improves gender relations. Comprised of nine chapters written by authors from different regions of Brazil this book captures perspectives from across Brazil to explain these regional social inequalities and provide historical and up-to-date insights of this program from a feminist perspective. The authors are able to move beyond conventional feminist knowledge on CCTs women and gender relations through considering questions of gender raised in the specialized literature related to Bolsa Familia and by addressing concerns of intersectional categories such as race ethnicity age and geographic location Women Gender and Conditional Cash Transfers will be of great interest not only to scholars of Latin American politics but also to students of development policy public policy and gender. . Language: English