This paper challenges the idea that a “social clause” to enforce global labor standards through international trade agreements serves the interests of women export workers in poor countries. Drawing on fieldwork in Bangladesh and...
Naila Kabeer, experta en género y pobreza por más de 20 años, se define a sí misma como una optimista. “Vengo de Bangladesh, uno de los países más pobres del mundo. Veo mi situación...
The Nordic countries have long been seen as pioneers in promoting gender equality. The book, edited by Naila Kabeer and Agneta Stark with Edda Magnus, brings together scholars from the global South (Argentina, Iran,...
This paper proposes a framework for how empowerment can be conceptually understood and operationally explored. It makes recommendations for forthcoming areas of work within the POVNET Work Programme on empowering poor women and men...
In this book Naila Kabeer explores the gendered dimension of risk, vulnerability, and insecurity and hence the gendered need for social protection. Her emphasis is on the informal economy because that is where the...
Note prepared for UN Expert Group Meeting On Promoting Social Integration Helsinki, 8 -10th July 2008 This paper is intended as a contribution to the Expert Group deliberations on strategies for building more inclusive...
This article is adapted from Naila Kabeer’s longer paper for the Institute of Development Studies paper:Marriage, motherood and masculinity in the global economy: reconfigurations of personal and economic life (IDS Working Paper No 290,...
As with overall equity concerns, gender equality is important for both intrinsic and instrumental reasons. It has a bearing on family harmony and on wellbeing in many dimensions. It involves policy-making with respect to...
Sarah Gavron’s recently released film of Monica Ali’s novel Brick Lane will inevitably raise questions among those who have read the novel about the relationship between the two: is it true to the novel?...
http://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/Wp290.pdf The different processes associated with globalisation have led to rising rates of paid work by women often in contexts where male employment is stagnant or declining. This paper explores how women and...