e characteristics of poverty and life chances, focusing on the gender of the head of the household, has been the subject of increasing academic research in recent years in developing countries. The study of domestic units primarily headedsupported by women in Botswana is of particular interest, given their exceptionally high incidence. Census and household surveys reveal that almost half of all households in Botswana are headed by women, and that a significant proportion of them fall in the lowest income categories. This study examines the causes and manifestations of poverty among female-headed households in Botswana. At the macro-level, the analysis of secondary sources assessed the manifestations of gender inequality and poverty within the context of economic and cultural change. The empirical study was situated at the micro-level, investigating the implications of household organisation and individual gender relations of economic production and social reproduction on the life chances of women and their dependants. The study was conducted within a pool of low-income female and male headed/supported households in a rural village and the Capital City, comparing similarities and differences in their composition, sources of income and survival strategies employed by women and men within them

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