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Women And Work In Africa
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Author : Edna G. Bay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-04-18
Women And Work In Africa written by Edna G. Bay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-18 with Political Science categories.
This collection of articles grows out of a symposium on the subject of women and work in Africa held on the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois in the spring of 1979. The organizing committee for that program sought first, to update the field of economic studies of women in Africa and second, to provide a forum for the exchange and stimulation of ideas among scholars and professionals concerned for women in Africa. The publication here of the majority of the symposium papers represents a logical final step in the fulfillment of the objectives of the symposium program committee.
Women And Work In Africa
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Author : African studies program (Urbana, Ill.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Women And Work In Africa written by African studies program (Urbana, Ill.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.
Gender Work Population In Sub Saharan Africa
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Author : Aderanti Adepoju
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
Release Date : 1994
Gender Work Population In Sub Saharan Africa written by Aderanti Adepoju and has been published by Heinemann Educational Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Fertility, Human categories.
Women Work And Patriarchy In The Middle East And North Africa
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Author : Fariba Solati
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-03-20
Women Work And Patriarchy In The Middle East And North Africa written by Fariba Solati and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-20 with Political Science categories.
This book investigates why the rate of female labor force participation in the Middle East and North Africa is the lowest in the world. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the book explains that the primary reason for the low rate of female labor force participation is the strong institutions of patriarchy in the region. Using multiple proxies for patriarchy, this book quantifies the multi-dimensional concept of patriarchy in order to measure it across sixty developing countries over thirty years. The findings show that Middle Eastern and North African countries have higher levels of patriarchy with regards to women’s participation in public spheres compared with the rest of the world. Although the rate of formal female labor force participation is low, women across the region contribute greatly to the financial wellbeing of their families and communities. By defining a woman’s place as in the home, patriarchy has made women’s economic activities invisible to official labor statistics since it has caused many women to work in the informal sector of the economy or work as unpaid workers, thus creating an illusion that women in the region are not economically active. While religion has often legitimized patriarchy, oil income has made it affordable for many countries in the region.
Women Work And Welfare In The Middle East And North Africa
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Author : Nadereh Chamlou
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2016-01-07
Women Work And Welfare In The Middle East And North Africa written by Nadereh Chamlou and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-07 with Business & Economics categories.
' In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, and in light of socio-economic and geopolitical challenges facing governments old and new, women''s rights and empowerment have gained new urgency and relevance. Groups in power, or groups contesting for power, are more conservative than expected, and there are serious threats to roll back some of the gains women had achieved over the past 20–30 years on economic and social fronts. The global gender debate has neglected the economic dimension of women''s empowerment and a great deal of debate and interest among researchers is needed to push the topics further. This timely book brings together leading regional researchers to offer original research linking gender equality with economic policy, reinforcing the agenda from a broad-based perspective. Contents:Forewords (Gary Becker and Ismail Serageldin)Preface (Soukeina Bouraoui)Acknowledgments (Nadereh Chamlou)Committee Members of the Gender Economic Research and Policy Analysis InitiativeContributors'' Biographical InformationWomen, Work, and Welfare in the Middle East and North Africa: Introduction and Overview (Massoud Karshenas, Valentine M Moghadam, and Nadereh Chamlou)Socio-Demographics:Returns to Education in Palestine and Turkey: A Comparative Study (Aysit Tansel and Yousef Daoud)Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey (Aysit Tansel and Nil Demet Güngör)Intra-Household Resource Allocation in Egypt: Effect of Power Distribution within the Household on Child Work and Schooling (Rania Roushdy and Soiliou Daw Namoro)Gender, Resources across the Life Course, and Cognitive Functioning in Egypt (Kathryn M Yount)Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics and Problems of Jordanian Female-Headed Households (Hussein M Abu Farash)Women''s Entrepreneurship — Obstacles, Progress, and Prospects:Women Entrepreneurs in Egypt: Obstacles, Potential, and Prospects (Alia El Mehdi)Women Entrepreneurs in Lebanon: Obstacles, Potential, and Prospects (Kamal Hamdan, Redha Hamdan, Lara Batlouni, and Nisrine Mansour)Women Entrepreneurs in Turkey: Obstacles, Potentials, and Prospects (Şemsa Özar)Self-Employed Persons and Wage-Earners in Algeria: Application of a Bivariate Probit Model (Soheil Chennouf and Taïeb Hafsi)Gender and Entrepreneurship in Iran (Roksana Bahramitash and Hadi Salehi Esfahani)Labor, Liberalization, and Gender Discrimination:The Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation in the Middle East and North Africa Region: The Role of Education and Social Norms in Amman, Cairo, and Sana''a (Nadereh Chamlou, Silvia Muzi, and Hanane Ahmed)Women and Work in Dubai City: Institutional Barriers and Potentials (Fatemeh Etemad Moghadam, Farroukh Guiahi, and Rabia Naguib)Private–Public Sector Employment Choice and Wage Differentials in Palestine: A Gender Perspective (Yousef Daoud and Ruba Shanti)Offshoring and the Availability of Female Labor in the MENA Region (Nadereh Chamlou & Désirée van Gorp)Gender and Public Policies:Did Trade Liberalization Benefit Female Workers? Evidence from Egypt on Wage and Employment Effects (Shireen AlAzzawi)Gender and Employment Impacts of Taxation Policy in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia (Ismael Fofana, Rim Chatti, Erwin Corong, Sami Bibi, and Omar Bouazouni)Family Planning and Female Empowerment in Iran (Djavad Salehi-Isfahani)The Impact of Labor Nationalization Policies on Female Participation Rates in the Arab Gulf (Emilie Rutledge and Fatima Al Shamsi) Readership: Policy makers, graduate students and researchers interested in the socio-economic issues that impact women in the Middle East and North Africa. Key Features:Incorporates a wide range of authoritative voices and counters criticism that the topic infringes on "cultural" issuesIncludes a foreword by the late Nobel Laureate Professor Gary Becker, the Chair of the Steering Committee and the Director of the renowned Library of Alexandria Dr Ismail Serageldin, and the Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa Mrs Inger AndersenMore than 80 researchers were engaged in the writing of this book. They are intimately familiar with the circumstances of their societies, and what kind of reforms are neededKeywords:Middle East and North Africa;Women''s Welfare;Gender Studies'
Gender Disparities In Africa S Labor Market
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Author : Jorge Saba Arbache
language : en
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Release Date : 2010-08-05
Gender Disparities In Africa S Labor Market written by Jorge Saba Arbache and has been published by World Bank Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-05 with Social Science categories.
Women's earnings are a fraction of male's earnings in several African countries. It is tempting to conclude that this wage gap is a sign of discrimination against women in the labor market. Yet this book uses new datasets to show that the gap is not simply the result of discrimination in the labor markets, but rather the result of multiple factors, including access to education and credit, cultural values and household duties, and, above all, labor market conditions. It shows that gender disparities grow when economies are not functioning well and labor markets are tiny. More than the effect of discrimination, it seems that job rationing causes those with better human capital and those with more power in the household usually the men to take the few jobs that are available. It is hardly surprising, then, that in a region where only a fraction of the labor force finds jobs in the formal sector, gender disparities in earnings are so high. The book further documents that firm-level and sector characteristics are additional powerful factors in explaining the gender disparities in the labor market. As the causes are not simple, neither are the solutions; multifaceted strategies are needed. By providing environments that support economic growth and, more importantly, job creation, as well as by promoting equal access for women to education and rethinking the attitudes that limit what women may achieve, governments in the region will substantially improve the well-being of all their peoples. 'Gender Disparities in Africa's Labor Market' helps to fill the knowledge gap and identify the links between gender disparities and poverty reduction. The work was implemented in collaboration with a range of poverty and labor market studies to maximize its usefulness for policy dialogue in specific countries. This book will be of interest to policy makers, students, academics, gender experts, and all those interested in gender issues and development.
Women S Opportunities And Challenges In Sub Saharan African Job Markets
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Author : Ms.Christine Dieterich
language : en
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Release Date : 2016-06-13
Women S Opportunities And Challenges In Sub Saharan African Job Markets written by Ms.Christine Dieterich and has been published by International Monetary Fund this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-13 with Business & Economics categories.
As labor market data is scarce in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this paper uses household survey data to analyze the determinants of the gender gap in the labor market and its welfare implications for five SSA countries in multinomial logit models with propensity score matching method. The analysis confirms that education opens up opportunities for women to escape agricultural feminization and engage in formal wage employment, but these opportunities diminish when women marry—a disadvantage increasingly relevant when countries develop and urbanization progresses. Opening a household enterprise offers women an alternative avenue to escape low-paid jobs in agriculture, but the increase in per capita income is lower than male-owned household enterprises. These findings underline that improving women’s education needs to be supported by measures to allow married women to keep their jobs in the wage sector.
Culture Gender Work In Africa
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Author : Regina Amadi-Njoku
language : en
Publisher: Griots Lounge Publishing
Release Date : 2021-06
Culture Gender Work In Africa written by Regina Amadi-Njoku and has been published by Griots Lounge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06 with categories.
Culture, Gender and Work in Africa - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow looks back at how the interplay of the variables of culture and gender determined where Africa stood in the past, led to her present development challenges and then explores how lessons, tools and weapons of the past could be deployed to ensure a brighter future. The volume is organized in four parts, each introduced by a thought- provoking prologue by the editor, Cordelia Onu, a veteran journalist and one time Deputy Editor of the Daily Champion. Each section details the characteristic thesis of Dr Regina Amadi-Njoku on the status and impact of culture in Africa and the inalienable part it must play in rewriting the gender narrative in the quest to attain developmental inclusiveness and sufficiency in Africa. The book leaves the message that Africa can retrace her steps by borrowing what she could from the past, adding that to present day realities to begin the pursuit of a fast paced development driven by the trademark Ubuntu (solidarity) spirit of the Black Race. Ms. Amadi - Njoku is an experienced development specialist and an ardent advocate of gender and culture responsive development. She has over 35 years' experience in development; and held several high-level positions in national and international institutions, including the United Nations agencies in Africa, Europe and the United States. Her last position was serving as the Assistant Director General and the Regional Director for Africa of the International Labor Organization (ILO) at the level of United Nations Assistant Secretary General (UNASG) from 2000 to 2008. In 2019, she co-authored a book on Gender and African Women Leadership. She has written extensively on culture, gender, and development matters. She serves on national and international boards and is a recipient of several honors and awards.
African Women In The Development Process
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Author : Nici Nelson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
African Women In The Development Process written by Nici Nelson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Business & Economics categories.
First published in 1981. The World Conference in Mexico City in 1975 marked the beginning of a global examination of women's roles in the economic, political and social life of their societies and a recognition of their right to participate fully and equally in all aspects of society. Most of the articles in this volume confirm, a great deal more needs to be done. Women continue to be more underfed, under educated and overworked than men ... a neglected and under-utilized minority. All of the articles in this Special Issue concentrate on sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of Beneria's paper 'Accounting for Women's Work' which is a genera theoretical article. Most of the articles (five out of eight) in this issue deal with specific situations in which African women find themselves, ranging widely from sub-elite nurses in Zambia to the efforts of uneducated women in Nigeria to form a cooperative. Two of these articles concern the effect of development projects on women.
Women And Class In Africa
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Author : Claire C. Robertson
language : en
Publisher: New York : Africana Publishing Company
Release Date : 1986
Women And Class In Africa written by Claire C. Robertson and has been published by New York : Africana Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Social Science categories.
De artikelen in deze reader zijn onderverdeeld in drie secties : 1. Access to critical resources, 2. Dependence versus autonomy, 3. Female solidarity or class action. Met uitgebreide bibliografie, p. 274-296