UID:
almahu_9949386384802882
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 268 pages) :
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illustrations, map
ISBN:
9781000340341
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1000340341
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1000340325
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9781552506172
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1552506177
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9781003141938
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1003141935
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9781000340334
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1000340333
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9781000340327
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in development and society
Content:
"This book investigates the barriers to women's economic empowerment in the global south. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women's economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. IDRC's Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women's care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers working on women's economic empowerment and gender equality in the global south"--
Note:
Introduction: The growth and economic opportunities for women programme / Gillian Dowie, Arjan de Haan, Sonia Laszlo, and Kate Grantham -- Part I. Conceptualising the relationship between economic growth and gender equality. Gender equality, inclusive growth, and labour markets / Naila Kabeer -- Part II. Syntheses of GrOW-supported research on women's economic empowerment. Stalled progress : why labour markets are failing women / James Heintz -- Macroeconomics and gender : recent research on economic growth and women's economic empowerment / Sophia Kan and Stephan Klasen -- Developing care : the care economy and economic development / Nancy Folbre -- Gender, social norms, and women's economic empowerment / Rachel Marcus -- Part III. Evidence from GrOW-supported case studies in developing country contexts. A mine of one's own? Gender norms and empowerment in artisanal and small-scale mining / Doris Buss, Blair Rutherford, Jennifer Stewart, Gisèle Eva Côté, Abby Sebina-Zziwa, Richard Kibombo, Jennifer Hinton, and Joanne Lebert -- Picturing change through PhotoVoice : participatory evaluation of a day care intervention in an urban informal context / Milka Nyariro, S.M. Hani Sadati, Claudia Mitchell, Stella Muthuri, and Milka Njeri -- Paid work and unpaid care work in India, Nepal, Tanzania, and Rwanda : a bi-directional relationship / Deepta Chopra -- Women's labour force participation in Sri Lanka's north / Ramani Gunatilaka and Ranmini Vithanagama -- The school-to-work transition for young females in sub-Saharan Africa : comparative qualitative evidence from six countries / Jane Kabubo-Mariara, Adalbertus Kamanzi, and Andy Mckay -- Conclusion : programming and policy lessons and future research priorities for women's economic empowerment / Gillian Dowie, Arjan de Haan, and Kate Grantham.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Women's economic empowerment. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge ; Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2021 ISBN 9780367693794
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003141938
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