Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific

2017-01-20 Social Science

Author : Marian Baird
Release : 2017-01-20
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 151/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific written by Marian Baird. This book was released on 2017-01-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comparative analysis of the social, economic, industrial and migration dynamics that structure women’s paid work and unpaid care work experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Each country-focused chapter examines the formal and informal ways in which work and care are managed, the changing institutional landscape, gender relations and fertility concerns, employer and trade union responses and the challenges policy makers face and the consequences of their decisions for working women. By covering the entire region, including Australia and New Zealand, the book highlights the way different national work and care regimes are linked through migration, with wealthier countries looking to their poorer neighbours for alternative sources of labour. In addition, the book contributes to debates about the barriers to women’s participation in the workforce, the valuation of unpaid care, the gender wage gap, social protection and labour regulation for migrant workers and gender relations in developing Asia.

Women, Work and Care in the Asia-Pacific

2017-01-20 Social Science

Author : Marian Baird
Release : 2017-01-20
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 143/5 ( reviews)

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Women in the Workforce

2015-04-01 Social Science

Author : Asian Development Bank
Release : 2015-04-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 146/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Women in the Workforce written by Asian Development Bank. This book was released on 2015-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite economic growth, decreasing fertility rates, and rising education levels, women in Asia are on average 70% less likely than men to be in the labor force, with the country-to-country percentage varying anywhere from 3% to 80%. Results of a new simulation model suggest that closing the gender gap could generate a 30% increase in the per capita income of a hypothetical average Asian economy in one generation. This report discusses the reasons behind the continuing gap in the labor force participation rate between women and men in Asia and the Pacific, the impact of this gap on economic growth, and policy lessons drawn from specific country experiences in the region and elsewhere in the world. The channels of gender inequality are so complex that policy interventions must go beyond economics to effectively address them. Such a multidimensional approach to reducing gender inequality could unleash a nation's full potential for inclusive growth and development.

Women and Work in Asia and the Pacific

2023-02-09 Social Science

Author : Marian Baird
Release : 2023-02-09
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 328/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Women and Work in Asia and the Pacific written by Marian Baird. This book was released on 2023-02-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working women everywhere face discrimination. Inequality and lack of inclusion is reinforced through regulation, policy, behaviors and attitudes. Although there has been progress in some countries, gender equality at work has yet to be achieved by any nation.This in-depth study examines the challenges faced by working women, their families and communities in ten countries throughout Asia and the Pacific: New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Pakistan and the Philippines. Informed by the work of senior academics, policy-makers and community grouprepresentatives, and with a foreword by Elizabeth Broderick, independent expert for the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls, United Nations Human Rights Council, working women' s experiences are described and analyzed within a framework of four themes: demography, globalization, technological development and sustainability.Drawing on this wide range of qualitative and quantitative evidence, the authors set out recommendations for coordinated and context-sensitive responses specific to each country to improve the working lives of women and girls.

Women’s Working Lives in East Asia

2001 Social Science

Author : Mary C. Brinton
Release : 2001
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 549/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Women’s Working Lives in East Asia written by Mary C. Brinton. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the nature of married women's participation in the economies of three East Asian countries—Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. In addition to asking what is similar or different about women's economic participation in this region of the world compared to Western societies, the book also asks how women's work patterns vary across the three countries.

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