The aim of the present study is to provide background information for the delegation of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality of the European Parliament who will be attending the 58th Session....
Esther Duflo is a “risen star” in the field of behavioral economics and specializes in the use of quantitative experimental methods to study human behavior. While many of her papers touch on gender-related...
Gendering the Social Sciences: a Gender Institute public lecture Date: Wednesday 2 October 2013 Time: 6.30-8pm Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building Speaker: Professor Naila Kabeer Chair: Professor Diane Perrons The Millennium Declaration, signed by over 180 world...
In the consultations about what will replace the millennium development goals (MDGs) when they expire in 2015, there is pressure on politicians and political commentators to come up with the next “new” idea. The lack...
This article focuses on the challenges facing organisation among the hardest-to-reach working women in the informal economy. What gives some of them the impetus and courage to organise? What is distinctive about the strategies...
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...
Organizing Women Workers in the Informal Economy: Beyond the Weapons of the Weak Edited by Naila Kabeer, Ratna Sudarshan Women as a group have often been divided by a number of intersecting inequalities: class,...
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...
There was uproar in India at the brutal gang rape of a 23 year old student on her way home from the cinema. Can we harness the international attention to this case to demand...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXeQFuTcioc Prof Naila Kabeer Inaugural Lecture: Reflections on Researching Women’s Empowerment – Journeys, Maps and Signpost. Introduction by Professor Ann Whitehead (University of Sussex). Vote of thanks by Prof. Deniz Kandiyoti (SOAS) I...