Women's economic empowerment : insights from Africa and South Asia /
"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 hea...
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Routledge ;
2021
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| Series: | Routledge studies in development and society
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Table of Contents:
- 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.