Search Results - Women in education

Dance lest we all fall down breaking cycles of poverty in Brazil and beyond / by Willson, Margaret, 1953-

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Women's economic empowerment : insights from Africa and South Asia /

Women's Economic Empowerment in Turkey

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A Comparative Perspective of Women's Economic Empowerment by Yenilmez, Meltem Ince

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Women and poverty in 21st century America by Dail, Paula W.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction-hustling backwards : 21st century poverty as it affects American women -- How hard hard gets : the struggles of daily life on the bottom rung of the economic ladder -- A man is not the answer : women and crime -- The poor get sicker-and the sick get poor -- Arithmetic or ovaries : poverty and women's educational achievement -- Last stop on the bus line : the working life of poor women -- She ain't heavy : she's my sister : political will, greed and moral obligation in a free society -- Appendix I: Methodology and interview notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index.…”
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Tracking gender equity under economic reforms continuity and change in South Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Non-conventional indicators of gender disparities under structural reforms / Shobna Sonpar and Ravi Kapur -- Household response to gender issues : a survey on households of female EPZ workers in Bangladesh / Salma Chaudhuri Zohir -- Status of women under economic reforms : the Indian case / Swapna Mukhopadhyay -- Economic reform and the status of women in Nepal / APROSC -- Gender and adjustment policies : evidence from Pakistan / Rehana Siddiqui, Shahnaz Hamid, Rizwana Siddiqui, and Naeem Akhtar -- Continuity and change : women workers in garment and textile industries in Sri Lanka / Swarna Jayaweera -- Family structure, women's education and work : re-examining the high status of women in Kerala / Mridul Eapen and Praveena Kodoth -- Trade, gender, and employment issues / Manju Senapaty -- Gender in a macroeconomic framework : a CGE model analysis / Anushree Sinha and Sangeeta N. -- Towards integration? …”
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The Economics of Gender Equality in the Labour Market : Policies in Turkey and other Emerging Economies /

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Children of immigrants health, adjustment, and public assistance /

Table of Contents: “…Immigration and infant health : birth outcomes of immigrant and native-born women /…”
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The American non-dilemma : racial inequality without racism / by DiTomaso, Nancy

Table of Contents: “…Prologue -- Introduction : racial inequality without racism -- Jobs, opportunities, and fairness : the stakes of equal opportunity -- Community, networks, and social capital -- The American dream : individualism and inequality -- The transformation of post-civil rights politics : race, religion, class, and culture -- The white electorate : the white working class, religious conservatives, professionals, and the disengaged -- Government, taxes, and welfare -- Affirmative actions and equal opportunity : changes in access to education and jobs for women, African Americans, and immigrants -- Conclusion : Myrdal's dilemma and the American non-dilemma.…”
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Jobs for shared prosperity time for action in the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Abbreviations -- Main messages -- Executive summary -- Overview -- Labor markets in the Middle East and North Africa : a low-productivity equilibrium -- Inefficient and inequitable labor markets : a low-productivity equilibrium -- Women, youth, and the working poor suffer most from the low productivity equilibrium -- Where are the barriers? …”
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Changing structure of Mexico political, social, and economic prospects /

Table of Contents: “…Contreras. -- Principally women: gender in the politics of Mexican education / Fernando Reimers. -- The environment: or how social issues affect the commitment of environmental tasks / Javier Delgado... …”
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The making of the slave class by Carrier, Jerry, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The not so free market -- The American class system -- The Okies, a case study -- Class traits -- One nation under God -- The European roots of Christian class culture, predestination and the divine rights of kings -- Christianity and predestination comes to America -- The early history -- The revivalist movement -- The Catholic experience in Protestant America, and growing conflicts within the working classes -- Other American working-class Christian movements -- The ghetto complex -- Christianity vs. science and modernism -- Jewish impact on America, Anti-Semitism and more class conflict -- The Ku Klux Klan & other white Christian supremacists -- Christianity & capitalism, the creation of American economic and class culture -- The first sexual revolution -- Prohibition -- War on the working class: the war on drugs -- The Christian conservatives take control of American politics -- More politics and decline of the liberals and moderates -- Christian conservatives vs. the civil rights movement -- Christian conservatives vs. the judiciary -- Father knows best, Christianity vs. women -- Class and the gay movement -- Class warfare: Christianity vs. …”
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