Format:
1 online resource (395 pages)
ISBN:
9781552500187
Content:
By expanding the existing set of indicators to include gender-related stress, anxiety, and violence, this book introduces a new framework for gender research. The viability of this new approach is demonstrated through a coordinated set of household surveys, carried out in Export Processing Zones and Export Processing Units, designed for intercountry comparisons between Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. This book is unique in its examination of both "conventional" and "nonconventional" indicators of gender disparity, and in its attempts to see how both may be affected by changes in macroeconomic policy. While "conventional" indicators include such variables as education, employment, and health status, on which official data are usually available, very little information is available on "nonconventional" indicators, such as levels of gender-based mental stress and violence. Also, instead of focusing on one aspect or indicator alone, this book takes a holistic look at a set of indicators, identifying common patterns and insights.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Non-Conventional Indicators of Gender Disparities Under Structural Reforms -- Household Response to Gender Issues: A Survey on Households of Female EPZ Workers in Bangladesh -- Status of Women Under Economic Reforms: The Indian Case -- Economic Reform and the Status of Women in Nepal -- Gender and Adjustment Policies: Evidence from Pakistan -- Continuity and Change: Women Workers in Garment and Textile Industries in Sri Lanka -- Family Structure, Women's Education and Work: Re-examining the High Status of Women in Kerala -- Trade, Gender and Employment Issues -- Gender in a Macroeconomic Framework: A CGE Model Analysis -- Towards Integration? Gender and Economic Policy -- Contributors.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9788186706664
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9788186706664
Additional Edition:
Print version Tracking Gender Equity Under Economic Reforms Continuity and Change in South Asia
Language:
English
