scholarly journals Role of State Feminism in Reducing Gender Lag: A Study of Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (IV) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Rafida Nawaz ◽  
Syed Hussain Murtaza ◽  
Muqarrab Akbar
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
State Level ◽  
State Feminism ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
State Initiatives ◽  
Liberal Ideology ◽  
Development Goals

State is considered to be the custodian of rights of vulnerable segments like women. Neo liberal ideology advocates women's participation in the economic arena, yet it resists state role in the economic sphere for protection of the "second" gender. State role for protection of women is equally intolerable for the custodians of tradition. Ideology of state feminism believes that interest articulation for the protection of women must be done on the system/state level. The paper aims to reflect on the state's role in eliminating the prevalent gender lag in the context of cultural and economic lag between regions and classes? The qualitative methodology of "gap analysis" is employed. The study is based on data analysis of Pakistan's performance on Sustainable Development Goals and Global Gender Gap index2021. The core finding of the study is that though the equality/equity between genders is still an imagined reality yet state initiatives are the first steps from baseline.

The Effect of Gender on Women-led Small Enterprises: The Case of India

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-75
Author(s):  
Debasree Das Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
State Level ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Current Evidence Base ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities

The importance of women-led enterprises for any country’s economic growth and competitiveness is well established. According to a 2009 study, in India female-run enterprises in recent years have performed significantly better than other enterprises in terms of productivity and export percentages. However, gender gap in entrepreneurial initiatives in India is among the highest in the world. Although accepted as crucial, the role of public policy towards addressing these barriers is under-researched in the entrepreneurship literature. Further, the current evidence base on state-level predictors of female enterprises is scant. The aim of this study is to highlight these gaps. In doing so, the focus is on interpreting the role of gender correlates—fertility, female educational attainment and female economic activities—in facilitating or hindering women-led enterprises. Indeed, previous studies have identified gender-related factors to have the greatest impact on women’s choice in not taking up entrepreneurial activities. An empirical regression analysis and a qualitative review of the institutional environment are conducted. The findings presented in this study indicate the need for a realignment of policy focus towards addressing gender barriers and developing managerial skills, in addition to technical skills, of women entrepreneurs.

Gender equality will see uneven progress in Mexico

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
National Development ◽  
State Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The Government ◽  
Employment Of Women ◽  
First Time

Subject The Mexican government's advances towards greater gender equality. Significance President Enrique Pena Nieto has been active in promoting gender equality at home and abroad, and his government has repeatedly voiced its commitment to the UN's Millennium Development Goals, particularly regarding female empowerment. The Pena Nieto administration included a gender dimension in its National Development Plan for the first time, and has allocated significant resources to supporting women. Efforts have focused not only on the federal level, but also at state level, as illustrated by the signing of a collaboration agreement in December 2015 between the government and the National Conference of Governors. Impacts Bridging the gender gap across all government levels will be an expensive and difficult task, with uneven success across the country. Any reductions in domestic violence rates will require long-term efforts to change attitudes from the bottom up. Quotas that encourage the employment of women, regardless of merit, may perpetuate politics' reputation for being corrupt and nepotistic.

scholarly journals Factors Afecting Female Students Motivation Related to Enrollment and Retention in Information Technology Courses

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meirylane Rosa Emidio Avelino ◽  
Luciana Cardoso de Castro Salgado ◽  
Karina Mochetti ◽  
Raquel Bravo ◽  
Carla Faria Leitao
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Computer Science ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Current Problem ◽  
Female Students ◽  
A Current

The difficulty of including women in a male dominated environment is a current problem, leading to important factors such as the role of women in society, whose rules were always imposed and created by men. Specifically in the Information Technology (IT) field, there have been a growing concern as projects are being created with the main goal of studying this issue and reverse it. This work explores what motivated undergraduate students of Computer Science and Information Systems courses of Fluminense Federal University (UFF) to choose this area and how they are experiencing the first years in college. This research was conducted with a qualitative methodology in order to understand the main fears and difficulties they had while choosing those courses and how they are dealing with a mostly male environment. Our results are based on activities from #include <meninas.uff> project, organized by female professors at UFF to attract more girls to technology courses and to support undergraduate students already enrolled. The female students affect by the project show to appreciate how it is raising an important question about the gender gap and the issues they have faced since they chose a course in the IT field.

scholarly journals Women Participation: A Productivity Strategy in Rice Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abubakar Rasheed ◽  
Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso ◽  
Qasir Abbas ◽  
Xu Tian ◽  
Rafay Waseem
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Development Goals

Agriculture is an important engine for economic growth and a vigorous driver of poverty reduction in developing countries. In Pakistan, rice production is one of the most essential sectors. However, it has been underperforming, largely because of low women’s participation, which is often a crucial resource in agriculture and the rural economy. Unfortunately, previous studies have seldom recognized and emphasized the role of women in triggering agricultural and rural development. We address this research gap using 300 farm households’ survey data forms collected from Pakistan farmers by applying the stochastic frontier analysis. The results indicate that women’s participation is associated with higher labor/land ratio, land productivity, and finally improved technical efficiency. Precisely, women’s participation increased technical efficiency (TE) by 47.3%. Interestingly, in view of previous studies, this evidence is not sporadic. Overall, our study provides some evidence to promote women’s participation in rice production, as such empowerment of women holds great potential to enhance agricultural production, which is consistent with the aim of sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Gender Differences in Access to and Use of ICTs in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 1699-1718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Immanuel Ovemeso Umukoro ◽  
Aanuoluwapo Oluwaseun Omolade-Lawal ◽  
Samuel Oyelami Babalola ◽  
Kolawole Sunday Akinsumbo ◽  
Rashida Mebude Aligwa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Males And Females

There is a skewed perception of the differences in access to and use of ICTs in modern society, especially in technology less-advanced nations. While there are various schools of thought on this topical issue, less is evident to establish that males and females have equal access to and use of information and communication technologies. Given the role of ICTs for development and the significance of gender equality to economic advancement as seen in the sustainable development goals, understanding gendered access to and use of ICTs can help develop interventions that help close the gender gap in access to and use of ICTs in order to help women leverage technology for socio-economic inclusion. The study, therefore, attempted to understand the presence or absence of gender differences in access to and use of ICTs and identify the causes in order to guide the development of interventions aimed at closing these gaps.

scholarly journals Gender Dimensions of Demographic Change in Pakistan

1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (4II) ◽  
pp. 705-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naushin Mahmood ◽  
Durr-e- Nayab
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Development Process ◽  
National Development ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
Development Goals

The achieving of equality and equity between men and women in different spheres of life is essential for the attainment of sustainable development goals. In this context, the need for enhancement of women’s participation in national development programmes and their full integration into the development process has been widely recognised in various global and regional forums. More recently, the Programme of Action adopted by the International Conference on Population and Development at Cairo in 1994 reaffirmed and elaborated the role of women in national development, and endorsed a new strategy that emphasises “gender equality, equity and empowerment of women”. In this context, the Programme of Action recommends that countries should act to empower women and should take steps to eliminate inequalities between men and women by providing them with more choices through expanded access to education and health services, skill development and employment, and eliminating all practices that discriminate against women [United Nations (1995)].

scholarly journals An Analysis about Learning to IncreaseWomen’s Participation and Employment in Europe’s Energy Transition: Evidence from the European Project MEnS

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (16) ◽  
pp. 4345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peñalvo-López ◽  
Cárcel-Carrasco
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Professional Skills ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
New Education

The Energy Performance Building Directive (EPBD) introduced the requirement for all Member States to include the concept of Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEBs) in their national plans. However, this challenge requires upgrading professional skills in NZEB concepts and strategies, thus guaranteeing the maximum impact on NZEB deployment around Europe.This is the objective of MEnS (“Meeting Energy Professional Skills”), an H2020 project focused on providing high quality upskilling and education to architects, engineers, and building professionals. The role of women in the NZEB industry indicates that female participation in the building industry is still low.The need to rebalance this gender gap is highlighted in this work through the identification of female programs and schemes.In addition, the results of women’s participation in the MEnS project is analyzed. The MEns project created and implemented a new education program, training 1200 building managers (engineers and architects) in the designand construction of NZEBs, out of which 46% were women. Focusing on the Spanish case, 18 interviews were randomly conducted with women participants in order to assess the courses and their expectations of employment in the NZEB framework. The method used for the analysis was a semi-structured interview and analysis by the grounded theory. This article describes the participation of women in this educational program and analyses initial conclusions and lessons learnt from this initiative in 10 European countries,including Spain.

The Gender Gap in Brazilian Politics and the Role of the Electoral Court

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-437
Author(s):  
Luciana de Oliveira Ramos ◽  
Virgílio Afonso da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Gender Gap ◽  
Electoral System ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Women In Politics ◽  
Gender Quotas ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Gender Quota ◽  
Difficult Cases

AbstractLike many other countries, Brazil has adopted gender quotas in elections for legislatures at all levels of the federation. However, Brazilian gender quotas have been ineffective at increasing women's participation in politics. Authors usually point to reasons related to the electoral system and party structure. This article analyzes a variable that is rarely considered: the role of the Electoral Court. We argue that the quality and intensity of the control exercised by an electoral court, when called upon to decide on the enforcement of the gender quota law, can influence the efficacy of this policy. We show that, in general, the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court tends to foster the participation of women in politics. However, based on two divides—between easy and difficult cases and between cases with low and high impact—we argue that in the realm of gender quotas, this court takes a rather restrained stance in those cases considered both difficult and with high impact.

The Role of Archives on the Incorporation of the Former Kangwane Homeland to Mpumalanga Province

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkholedzeni Sidney Netshakhuma
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Record Keeping ◽  
Mpumalanga Province ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
National Archives ◽  
And Control

This study was conceptualised in order to assess the strategies used to incorporate the homeland of KaNgwane into Mpumalanga province after the cessation of apartheid in 1994. The specific objective of the study was to investigate the compliance of records and archives with the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No 43 of 1996), during the incorporation of the homeland of KaNgwane into Mpumalanga. The study adopted a qualitative methodology through document analysis, interviews and observations. The key findings revealed that the archives of the former homeland of Kangwane were not aligned with the requirements of the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (Act No.43 of 1996.) Institutions seem to lack experience when it comes to the challenges of storing records and implementing arrangement and control systems. The frequent lack of a records management policy and few to no staff with record-keeping and archival backgrounds was also a concern. A shortage of space to store records safely was also one of the major issues that the study uncovered. There appears to be no concerted effort to retain important historical records. Many records are stored in several different locations in government buildings.  I conclude that archives play an essential role to the nation as the institutional memory.

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