scholarly journals Domestic work, wages, and gender equality: Lessons from developing countries

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Domestic Work ◽  
And Gender

ICT Ethical Issues, Globalization and Knowledge Society

2012 ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
Maslin Masrom ◽  
Zuraini Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Societal Transformation ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Wealth Generation

In this chapter, the authors will parse the current ethical issues in the information and communication technology research associated with the economic phenomenon of globalization. These issues will include: the digital divide between developed and developing countries, poverty, piracy, cybercrimes, human rights, and gender equality. The chapter will go on to discuss themes in the development of the “knowledge society” that are germane to the ethics of globalization such as societal transformation and wealth generation. The chapter will develop a framework that will associate ICT ethical issues with knowledge society. Finally, the authors will present conclusions and details some of the findings discussed in the previous sections. A glimpse of the future will be provided.

Interview with Geeta Rao Gupta, International Center for Research on Women

2008 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 577-588
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Harvard Educational Review ◽  
Health Care Education ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Women And Hiv ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
Taking Action

Editors from the Harvard Educational Review interviewed Geeta Rao Gupta,president of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), in 2006. ICRW's mission is to empower women, advance gender equality, and fight poverty in the developing world. To accomplish this, ICRW works with partners to conduct empirical research, build capacity, and advocate for evidence-based, practical ways to change policies and programs. As part of the United Nations Millennium Project, Rao Gupta cochaired the Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, which authored a volume entitled, Taking Action: Achieving Gender Equality and Empowering Women (2005). A world-renowned expert on women and HIV/AIDS, Rao Gupta has been recognized for her ongoing commitment to educating policymakers on gender equality issues in health care, education, and human rights and for her outstanding research, advocacy, and activism on behalf of women and girls worldwide. The term "developing country" conjures disparate images and definitions. Since your work is with developing countries, could you please frame this term for our audience?What makes developing countries distinctively different from a "developed country"?

Research note: Investment in agriculture and gender equality in developing countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Axèle Giroud ◽  
Jacqueline Salguero Huaman
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Research Note ◽  
And Gender

Sustainability in the food and beverage sector and its impact on the cost of equity

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Garzón- Jiménez ◽  
Ana Zorio-Grima
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Cost Of Equity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage Industry ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Environmental Disclosures ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Cost

PurposeThe objective of this paper is to analyze in an international setting the relationship between environmental disclosures, carbon emissions and gender equality on the board of directors with the cost of equity (CoE) in the food and beverage sector.Design/methodology/approachThe study sample includes 142 listed firms and 1,562 firm-observations from 35 developed and developing countries between 2009 and 2019. The authors implement a fixed-effects regression model to contrast the impact of the three sustainable variables of interest on the CoE.FindingsThe results of this study indicate that firms in the food and beverage industry benefit from a lower CoE due to better environmental disclosures and gender equality. On the other hand, carbon intensive firms are penalized with higher equity costs.Originality/valueThis study expands prior research on the effects of sustainable behavior on the CoE in the food and beverage industry by taking into account additional sustainability variables and a greater number of observations, both from developed and from developing countries.

Women, Working Conditions, and Industrial Hubs

2020 ◽  
pp. 424-437
Author(s):  
Arianna Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women Workers ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Economic Upgrading ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Jobs

Industrial hubs and insertion in global value chains (GVCs) usually bring about new jobs for women in developing countries. Firms in industrial hubs employ a majority of women workers, providing them with a waged employment, often for the first time, and an opportunity for empowerment and self-reliance. However, these jobs are often characterized by low wages, poor working conditions, and labour-rights violations. This chapter provides an overview of opportunities and challenges for women’s empowerment, and gender equality in the context of jobs in industrial hubs, looking at empirical evidence from developing countries, and their linkages with existing cultural and gender norms. It also provides reflections on the governance of work and recommendations for gender-inclusive policies, showing that industrial hubs and GVCs can provide a path of economic upgrading for developing countries, but that only when that process is paired with social upgrading for women workers, will overall development gains be attained.

Nilai Dari Profesi Ibu Rumah Tangga dalam J-Dorama: Nigeru Wa Haji Da Ga Yaku Ni Tatsu

KIRYOKU ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-217
Author(s):  
Arsy Dzikri Izza Arzaqi Hidayatullah ◽  
Nunuk Endah Srimulyani
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Domestic Work ◽  
Unpaid Work ◽  
Private Sphere ◽  
And Gender ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Professional Value

Unpaid work and gender equality are interrelated in the realm of gender studies. One of them is a gender sociology study regarding the position of housewives in the private sphere to do domestic work and carework as mushou roudou because they are considered to have no commodity value. The position of housewives becomes invisible because they do not get more attention from the community. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to describe the professional value of housewives through the analysis of Drama Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu. The theory used in the analysis is the theory of mushou roudou vs. yuushou roudou to see the actual commodity value of domestic work and carework done by housewives when it is converted into yuusho roudou. The results of the analysis show that the domestic work and carework that housewives do actually have a commodity value like yuushou roudou with the discovery of several methods of calculating the compensation that housewives are entitled to receive.

Values and Gender Equality between Islam and the West

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Moulay Rachid Mrani
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Virtual Space ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Women And Gender ◽  
The West ◽  
Living Together ◽  
The Status ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals ◽  
Multiple Challenges ◽  
And Gender

If the development of technology, means of communication, and rapid transportation have made continents closer and made the world a small village, the outcome of the ensuing encounters among cultures and civilizations is far from being a mere success. Within this new reality Muslims, whether they live in majority or minority contexts, face multiple challenges in terms of relating to non-Muslim cultures and traditions. One of these areas is the status of women and gender equality. Ali Mazrui was one of the few Muslim intellectuals to be deeply interested in this issue. His dual belonging, as an African and as a westerner, enable him to understand such issues arising from the economic, political, and ethical contrasts between the West and Islam. This work pays tribute to this exceptional intellectual’s contribution toward the rapprochement between the western and the Islamic value systems, illustrating how he managed to create a “virtual” space for meeting and living together between two worlds that remain different yet dependent upon each other. 

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