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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. International Development Research
Centre's (IDRC) 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 the school-to-work transition,
child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market
segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that
prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of
the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya,
Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is
perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers
working on women's economic empowerment and gender equality in the
Global South.
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. International Development Research
Centre's (IDRC) 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 the school-to-work transition,
child marriage, unpaid domestic work and childcare, labour market
segregation, and the power of social and cultural norms that
prevent women from fully participating in better paid sectors of
the economy. With a range of rich case studies from Burkina Faso,
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya,
Nepal, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and Uganda, this book is
perfect for students, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers
working on women's economic empowerment and gender equality in the
Global South.
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