Women's Economic Empowerment: Insights from Africa and South Asia

ISBN-13: 9780367694791 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 268 str.

Kate Grantham; Gillian Dowie; Arjan de Haan

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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