Women, gender and the informal economy : an assessment of ILO research and suggested ways forward
Women, gender and the informal economy : an assessment of ILO research and suggested ways forward

Author: Sylvia Chant

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9789221206088

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Reviews ILO research on women, gender and the informal economy. It compares and contrasts analytical and methodological frameworks used in various studies, identifies research gaps and directions for future research, and indicates key findings that may assist concerned ILO units in taking action and formulating policy directions.

Social Panorama of Latin America 2020
Social Panorama of Latin America 2020

Author: United Nations Publications

Publisher: UN

Published: 2021-07-29

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789211220698

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This publication examines the social impact of an unprecedented crisis. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have spread to all areas of human life, altering the way we interact, crippling economies and bringing about profound changes in societies. The pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated the major structural gaps in the region, and it is clear that the costs of inequality have become unsustainable and that it is necessary to rebuild with equality and sustainability, aiming for the creation of a true welfare state, long overdue in the region.

Mortgaging Women's Lives
Mortgaging Women's Lives

Author: Pamela Sparr

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9781856491020

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Een evaluatie, aan de hand van een reeks case-studies, van de impact van het economisch beleid van het Internationaal Muntfonds en de Wereldbank op vrouwen in de ontwikkelingslanden, met onder meer aandacht voor het gevoerde overheidsbeleid en de impact van de door de internationale instanties opgelegde maatregelen op plattelandsvrouwen.

Women, Culture, and Politics in Latin America
Women, Culture, and Politics in Latin America

Author: Emilie L. Bergmann

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 0520065530

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“This collection, because of its exceptional theoretical coherence and sophistication, is qualitatively superior to the most frequently consulted anthologies on Latin American women’s history and literature . . . [and] represents a new, more theoretically rigorous stage in the feminist debate on Latin American women.”—Elizabeth Garrels, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Unequal Burden
Unequal Burden

Author: Lourdes Beneria

Publisher: Westview Press

Published: 1992-08-24

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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The debt crisis and global economic changes of the 1980s caused Third World nations to restructure economic policies, community resources, the labor market, and intra-household divisions of labor. These changes swelled the ranks of the unemployed, the poor, and the malnourished. Women, in particular, were affected negatively by processes of structural adjustment because they represent a disproportionate share of the world's poor, are increasingly represented among low-wage workers, and are forced to balance wage work with subsistence and domestic production in meeting household needs. Using country-based studies, this text offers new perspectives on the consequences of economic crisis in terms of changing state practices and household and family organization, patterns of resource allocation, and women's work.

The Equality Illusion
The Equality Illusion

Author: Kat Banyard

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Published: 2010-04-29

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0571258662

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In The Equality Illusion, 'the most influential young feminist in the country' ( Guardian) and UK Feminista founder Kat Banyard argues passionately and articulately that feminism continues to be one of the most urgent and relevant social justice campaigns today. Women have made huge strides in equality over the last century. And yet: Women working full-time in the UK are paid on average 17% less an hour than men 1 in 3 women worldwide has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused because of her gender Of parliamentary seats across the globe only 15% are held by women and fewer than 20% of UK MPs are women 96% of executive directors of the UK's top hundred companies are men Structuring the book around a normal day, Banyard sets out the major issues for twenty-first century feminism, from work and education to sex, relationships and having children. She draws on her own campaigning experience as well as academic research and dozens of her own interviews. The book also includes information on how to get involved in grassroots action.