Women's economic empowerment : insights from Africa and South Asia
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Women's economic empowerment : insights from Africa and South Asia
(Routledge studies in development & society)
Routledge , International Development Research Centre, 2021
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Summary: "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 po
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- Introduction: The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women programme
- Gillian Dowie, Arjan De Haan, Sonia Laszlo, and Kate Grantham
- Gender equality, inclusive growth, and labour markets / Naila Kabeer
- Stalled progress : why labour markets are failing women / James Heintz
- Macroeconomics and gender : the linkages between 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
- 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
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