Women's economic empowerment : insights from Africa and South Asia /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Grantham, Kate E. (Editor), Dowie, Gillian (Editor), Haan, Arjan de (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Ottawa : Routledge ; International Development Research Centre, 2021.
Series:	Routledge studies in development and society.
Subjects:	Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women. Women in economic development > Africa. Women > Africa > Economic conditions. Women in economic development > South Asia. Women > South Asia > Economic conditions. Non-governmental organizations > Africa. Non-governmental organizations > South Asia. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women programme
Gillian Dowie, Arjan De Haan, Sonia Laszlo, and Kate Grantham
Gender equality, inclusive growth, and labour markets / Naila Kabeer
Stalled progress : why labour markets are failing women / James Heintz
Macroeconomics and gender : the linkages between economic growth and women's economic empowerment / Sophia Kan And Stephan Klasen
Developing care : the care economy and economic development / Nancy Folbre
Gender, social norms, and women's economic empowerment / Rachel Marcus
A mine of one's own? Gender norms and empowerment in artisanal and small-scale mining / Doris Buss, Blair Rutherford, Jennifer Stewart, Gisèle Eva Côté, Abby Sebina-Zziwa, Richard Kibombo, Jennifer Hinton, and Joanne Lebert
Picturing change through PhotoVoice : participatory evaluation of a day care intervention in an urban informal context / Milka Nyariro, S.M. Hani Sadati, Claudia Mitchell, Stella Muthuri, and Milka Njeri
Paid work and unpaid care work in India, Nepal, Tanzania, and Rwanda : a bi-directional relationship / Deepta Chopra
Women's labour force participation in Sri Lanka's north / Ramani Gunatilaka and Ranmini Vithanagama
The school-to-work transition for young females in sub-Saharan Africa : comparative qualitative evidence from six countries / Jane Kabubo-Mariara, Adalbertus Kamanzi, and Andy Mckay
Conclusion : programming and policy lessons and future research priorities for women's economic empowerment / Gillian Dowie, Arjan De Haan, and Kate Grantham.