Women's Economic Empowerment (eBook, ePUB)

Insights from Africa and South Asia
Redaktion: Grantham, Kate; De Haan, Arjan; Dowie, Gillian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines women's economic empowerment in a range of developing country contexts, investigating the societal structures and norms which keep women from achieving economic equality. It is geared toward academics, practitioners, and policymakers working on women's economic empowerment and gender equality in developing countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000340341
• Artikelnr.: 61126935

Autorenporträt

Kate Grantham is an international development researcher, educator, and consultant focused on gender equality and women's empowerment issues. Gillian Dowie is a senior programme officer in the Sustainable Inclusive Economies programme at IDRC, currently based in Delhi, India. Arjan de Haan is a senior programme specialist with IDRC's Sustainable Inclusive Economies programme.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women Programme
Part I: Conceptualizing the Relationship Between Economic Growth and Gender
Equality 1. Gender Equality, Inclusive Growth, and Labour Markets Part II:
Syntheses of Grow-Supported Research on Women's Economic Empowerment 2.
Stalled Progress 3. Macroeconomics and Gender 4. Developing Care 5. Gender,
Social Norms, and Women's Economic Empowerment Part III: Evidence from
Grow-Supported Case Studies in Developing Country Contexts 6. A Mine of
One's Own? 7. Picturing Change Through Photovoice 8. Paid Work and Unpaid
Care Work in India, Nepal, Tanzania, and Rwanda 9. Women's Labour Force
Participation in Sri Lanka's North 10. The School-To-Work Transition for
Young Females in Sub-Saharan Africa Conclusion: Programming and Policy
Lessons and Future Research Priorities for Women's Economic Empowerment