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"?

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.

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

Water, poverty and gender: review of evidences from Nepal, India and South Africa

Water Policy ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 5 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 503-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhawana Upadhyay
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Irrigated Agriculture ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Policies And Programs ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gender Participation

Access to water in equitable manner and the improved management of water are imperative to sustainable development, poverty alleviation and biodiversity preservation. Despite much research on gender and natural resources management, there have been only a handful of studies on gender and water, especially those trying to link the two with poverty issues. This paper seeks to fill this gap specifically by looking at the linkages among gender, water and poverty in terms of gender participation in irrigated agriculture and irrigation institutions. The main objective of the study is to examine gender participation in irrigated agriculture and irrigation institutions and to analyze the impact of irrigation projects on men and women. The study approach has been a qualitative and quantitative analysis of primary and secondary data. Key findings reveal a considerable degree of gender inequalities, especially in terms of participation in irrigation institutions. Despite a high level of female involvement in irrigated agriculture, their participation in irrigation institutions is much lower. Furthermore, water projects with gender equality interventions have enhanced women's status in particular by raising their abilities to participate. The results suggest that the incorporation of gendersensitive policies and programs in irrigation schemes could have significant positive impacts both on gender equality and poverty.

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.

Task Force on Women and HIV

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Rae Jenkins ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Task Force ◽  
Women And Hiv
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