UID:
edoccha_9958091638902883
Format:
pages cm.
ISBN:
1-283-70506-0
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0-8213-9534-3
Series Statement:
Africa development forum series
Content:
The importance of property rights in providing the incentive to invest, work hard, and innovate has been recognized for centuries. Yet, many women in Africa do not have the same property rights or formal legal capacity enjoyed by men. Empowering Women: Legal Rights and Economic Opportunities in Africa documents the extent to which the legal capacity and property rights vary for women and men, and analyzes the impact this has on women's economic opportunities. The book introduces the "Women's Legal Economic Empowerment Database - Africa (Women LEED Africa)." This database covers all 47 countrie
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Chapter 1: Law, Gender, and the Business Environment; Chapter 2: Women's Legal Rights across the Region; Boxes; O.1 How Do Property Rights Affect Economic Opportunities?; O.2 Stronger Economic Rights, Greater Opportunities for Self-Employed Employers; Figures; BO.2.1 Women Are Active Entrepreneurs, Particularly in Lower-Income Countries, But Largely Self-Employed; BO.2.2 The Share of Female Employers Does Not Vary with National Income
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BO.2.3 The Smaller the Gender Gap in Economic Rights, the Smaller the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurs Who Employ Other WorkersO.1 All Countries Recognize the Principle of Nondiscrimination; O.2 Most Countries Have Ratified International Conventions on Women's Rights; O.3 Some Countries Recognize Customary Law and Allow It to Discriminate against Women; O.4 Head-of-Household Rules Are Common in Both Middle- and Low-Income Countries; O.5 Different Types of Property Regimes Grant Women Very Different Rights to Inherit Marital Property; O.6 Only a Minority of Countries Protect Women's Land Rights
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Chapter 3: Legal Pluralism: Multiple Systems, Multiple ChallengesO.7 Many Countries Restrict the Type of Work Women Can Perform and Women's Hours; Chapter 4: Women's Rights in Practice: Constraints to Accessing Justice; Chapter 5: The Way Forward; References; 1 Law, Gender, and the Business Environment; Structure of the Report; 1.1 Defining "Discrimination"; Importance of Economic Rights in Business Incentives; Extent of Legal Protection of Women's Economic Rights; Main Areas of the Law for Women In Business; 1.2 Importance of Property Rights for Economic Opportunity
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B1.2.1 Types of Employment of Men and Women, by World RegionB1.2.2 Percentage of Labor Force That Is Self-Employed and Employs Other Workers, by Gender and Region; Nature of the Legal System; Impact of Rights on Economic Opportunities; 1.3 Women and Land in Ghana: Precarious Rights, Lower Yields; 1.4 Changing the Balance of Intrahousehold Power in the United States; 1.5 Stronger Economic Rights, Greater Opportunities for Self-Employed Employers; B1.5.1 Women Are Active Entrepreneurs, Particularly in Lower-Income Countries, But Largely Self-Employed
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B1.5.2 The Share of Female Employers Does Not Vary with National IncomeB1.5.3 The Smaller the Gender Gap in Economic Rights, the Smaller the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurs Who Employ Other Workers; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2 Women's Legal Rights across the Region; The Women-LEED-Africa Database; Scoresheet 1: Ratification of International Treaties and Conventions; 2.1 The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women; 2.2 The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
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2.1 Most Countries Have Ratified International Conventions on Women's Rights
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-9533-5
Language:
English
