The focus of this paper is the theme of empowering work, or more specifically, the transformativepotential of paid work, including its implications for voice and bodily integrity. This focus can be seen as one strand in...
Macroeconometric studies generally find fairly robust evidence that gender equality has a positive impact on economic growth, but reverse findings relating to the impact of economic growth on gender equality are far less consistent....
To what extent does gender equality contribute to economic growth? And to what extent does the reverse relationship hold true? There are a growing number of studies exploring these relationships, generally using cross-country regression...
http://www2.unwomen.org/~/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2013/1/paid-work-womens-empowerment-and-inclusive-growth2%20pdf.pdf?v=1&d=20141013T121454 A recent review of econometric studies into the relationships between gender equality and economic growth distinguished between those that explored the impact of gender equality on economic growth and those that explored...
Large numbers of the population in Tower Hamlets are not in work, and have not been in work for prolonged periods of time. This workless population is likely to belong to the poorest...
The paper has a number of aims. First it will examine how empowerment has been conceptualised in the field of gender and development as well as the emergence of an explicit concern with women’s...
Introduction to Feminist Economics Special Issue on Gender and International Migration Volume 18 (2) By Lourdes Beneria, Carmen Diana Deere and Naila KabeerThis contribution examines the connections between gender and international migration around three...
Pathways researchers, Naila Kabeer, Dzodzi Tsikata and Hania Sholkamy, working on paid work as a pathway to women’s empowerment discussed their findings with UN Women Executive Director, Ms Michelle Bachelet in a courtesy call...
” Gender and international migration: globalization, development and governance” by Lourdes Beneria, Carmen Diana Deere and Naila Kabeer This contribution examines the connections between gender and international migration around three themes: globalization, national economic development,...
IDRC Highlight: Exploring how to increase women’s labour market participation 26/01/2012, London, UK, Global Events IDRC and the UK Department of International Development (DFID) convened an expert meeting in January 2012, hosted by the...