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

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Title
"Women's economic empowerment : insights from Africa and South Asia"
Statement of Responsibility
edited by Kate Grantham, Gillian Dowie, and Arjan de Haan
Publisher
  • Routledge
  • International Development Research Centre
Publication Year
  • 2021
Book size
25 cm
Series Name / No
  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "This book investigates the barriers to women's economic empowerment in the global south. Drawing on evidence from a wide range of countries, the book outlines important lessons and practical solutions for promoting gender equality. Despite global progress in closing gender gaps in education and health, women's economic empowerment has lagged behind, with little evidence that economic growth promotes gender equality. IDRC's Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) programme was set up to provide policy lessons, insights, and concrete solutions that could lead to advances in gender equality, particularly on the role of institutions and macroeconomic growth, barriers to labour market access for women, and the impact of women's care responsibilities. This book showcases rigorous and multi-disciplinary research emerging from this ground-breaking programme, covering topics such as school-to-work transition, child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market segregation, and the po

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