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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge Studies in Development and Society SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (291 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781000340341
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Women's Economic EmpowermentDDC classification:
  • 305.4096
LOC classification:
  • HQ1240.5.A35 .W664 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction: The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women programme -- Part I Conceptualising 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: Why labour markets are failing women -- 3 Macroeconomics and gender: Recent research on economic growth and women's economic empowerment -- 4 Developing care: The care economy and economic development -- 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?: Gender norms and empowerment in artisanal and small-scale mining -- 7 Picturing change through PhotoVoice: Participatory evaluation of a daycare intervention in an urban informal context -- 8 Paid work and unpaid care work in India, Nepal, Tanzania, and Rwanda: A bi-directional relationship -- 9 Women's labour force participation in Sri Lanka's north -- 10 The school-to-work transition for young females in sub-Saharan Africa: Comparative qualitative evidence from six countries -- Conclusion: Programming and policy lessons and future research priorities for women's economic empowerment -- Index.
Summary: 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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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction: The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women programme -- Part I Conceptualising 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: Why labour markets are failing women -- 3 Macroeconomics and gender: Recent research on economic growth and women's economic empowerment -- 4 Developing care: The care economy and economic development -- 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?: Gender norms and empowerment in artisanal and small-scale mining -- 7 Picturing change through PhotoVoice: Participatory evaluation of a daycare intervention in an urban informal context -- 8 Paid work and unpaid care work in India, Nepal, Tanzania, and Rwanda: A bi-directional relationship -- 9 Women's labour force participation in Sri Lanka's north -- 10 The school-to-work transition for young females in sub-Saharan Africa: Comparative qualitative evidence from six countries -- Conclusion: Programming and policy lessons and future research priorities for women's economic empowerment -- Index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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