CHAPTER 1 – Trends influencing gender equality and women’s economic empowerment practice

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-16
Author(s):  
Linda Jones
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Empowerment Practice

Following the Money

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Marie Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
College Degree ◽  
Political Equality ◽  
Economic Independence ◽  
Suffrage Movement ◽  
Right To Vote ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way ◽  
Wealthy Women

Chapter 1 examines how suffragists recruited wealthy women to the woman suffrage movement, who these donors were, and why they decided to give their money—and sometimes their time—to fight for political equality. This chapter argues that focusing on their feminism highlights a strand of suffragism that called for gender equality rather than emphasized maternalism, the belief that women as mothers (or potential mothers) had the right and the duty to vote in order to protect children and clean up government. Having experienced both the power of money and its limitations influenced the way women linked economic independence and political equality, which they believed were necessary whether one earned wages in a factory, was a professional with a college degree, or inherited a large fortune. Susan B. Anthony had understood that their donations were necessary, and Alva Belmont and Katharine McCormick gave donations essential to winning the right to vote for women.

Women's Economic Empowerment in the Developing Countries

2018 ◽  
pp. 1159-1174
Author(s):  
Ummu Atiyah Ahmad Zakuan ◽  
Kalthum Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Patriarchal System ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Established Fact

It is an established fact that women's empowerment is primary to the socio-economic and political development of a nation. It will be meaningless, if women that constitute half of the population of the globe do not have access to education, healthcare, employment and political decision making bodies. A nation benefits fully when both men and women contribute rigorously in social cohesion, economic growth, peace and prosperity. Findings from countries and reputable institutions such as World Bank and the United Nations revealed that greater gender equality correlates positively with national economic growth. The World Economic Forum recently reported that across the 135 countries examined, greater gender equality correlates positively with per capita gross national product. Countries with greater equality between women and men have economies that are more competitive and fast growing. Hence, removing barriers on empowering women stimulates economic development. This chapter commences with the meaning of women empowerment followed by the identification of various barriers on women empowerment, and investigation on women economic empowerment in the developing countries. The patriarchal system is also introduced to explain how it influences women empowerment. Finally, this chapter argues that women empowerment in general can only be achieved if the patriarchal system is transformed or reengineered to foster more equality between both groups.

Women's Economic Empowerment in the Developing Countries

2016 ◽  
pp. 242-256
Author(s):  
Ummu Atiyah Ahmad Zakuan ◽  
Kalthum Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Patriarchal System ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Established Fact

It is an established fact that women's empowerment is primary to the socio-economic and political development of a nation. It will be meaningless, if women that constitute half of the population of the globe do not have access to education, healthcare, employment and political decision making bodies. A nation benefits fully when both men and women contribute rigorously in social cohesion, economic growth, peace and prosperity. Findings from countries and reputable institutions such as World Bank and the United Nations revealed that greater gender equality correlates positively with national economic growth. The World Economic Forum recently reported that across the 135 countries examined, greater gender equality correlates positively with per capita gross national product. Countries with greater equality between women and men have economies that are more competitive and fast growing. Hence, removing barriers on empowering women stimulates economic development. This chapter commences with the meaning of women empowerment followed by the identification of various barriers on women empowerment, and investigation on women economic empowerment in the developing countries. The patriarchal system is also introduced to explain how it influences women empowerment. Finally, this chapter argues that women empowerment in general can only be achieved if the patriarchal system is transformed or reengineered to foster more equality between both groups.

Gender and ICTs in Zamibia

2011 ◽  
pp. 417-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kutoma Jacqueline Wakunuma
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Information Communication Technologies ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Real Situation

This article looks at gender equality combined with social and economic empowerment within the context of information communication technologies (ICTs). It discusses rhetoric surrounding the promotion of ICTs as tools for social and economic empowerment and subsequently challenges whether such rhetoric does mirror the real situation on the ground, especially as it relates to developing countries like Zambia. The main focus is underprivileged women, especially those in rural areas, and how access, or indeed the lack of it, to ICTs like the Internet and mobile phones does actually affect their daily existence.

Nonconformity in American Public Life

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Jennie C. Ikuta
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Public Life ◽  
Public Culture ◽  
Business And Politics ◽  
Political Ideal ◽  
Democratic Ideals ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Right ◽  
Education Business

Chapter 1 lays out the concern of the book. It observes that American public culture valorizes nonconformity and identifies its valorization in domains such as education, business, and politics. In addition to an ethical ideal that constitutes the life well-lived, nonconformity is framed as a political ideal crucial to democracy. However, the rhetoric of nonconformity has also been put to use in troubling ways. Figures on the right have employed the rhetoric of nonconformity to express hostility to democratic ideals such as racial and gender equality. The substantive openness of nonconformity as a concept explains how it has been mobilized for different ends, including some at cross-purposes with one another and with democracy. What does it mean to be a nonconformist? Is nonconformity an absolute ideal, or should it be limited by substantive commitments? Answering these questions requires turning to the writings of Tocqueville, Mill, and Nietzsche.

Gender equality and economic empowerment in the Solomon Islands and Fiji: a place-based approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1376-1391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine McKinnon ◽  
Michelle Carnegie ◽  
Katherine Gibson ◽  
Claire Rowland
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Economic Empowerment

scholarly journals Gender Equality in Asia-Pacific: Reflections on the Beijing+25 Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Cai Cai ◽  
Bharat Dahiya
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Women's Empowerment ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Women’S Empowerment ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Made In

This article reviews the 25-year progress made in implementing the ‘Beijing Platform for Action’ and the challenges that remain towards achieving gender equality in the Asia-Pacific region. Adopted in 1995 at the Fourth World Conference on Women, the ‘Beijing Platform for Action’ has been hailed as the most progressive policy blueprint for gender equality and women’s empowerment. In November 2019, over 600 participants from 54 countries, comprising representatives from Governments, international organisations and civil society organisations attended the Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on the Beijing+25 Review in Bangkok. The delegations reviewed the “achievements, challenges and priority areas for realizing gender equality and women’s empowerment” (UNESCAP, 2019a:1) in Asia-Pacific. For 25 years, since the adoption of the ‘Beijing Platform for Action’, Asia-Pacific has witnessed significant progress in girls’ education and women’s health. Unprecedented progress has been made in and reducing maternal deaths and enhancing women’s representation in national parliaments and local governments in several countries. However, there are some enduring challenges, including women’s economic empowerment and political participation, and violence against women. Whilst women play a pivotal role in protecting the environment and natural resources, they have been underrepresented in environment-related decision making and negotiations. Accordingly, the key actions outlined by the ‘Asia-Pacific Declaration on Advancing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment: Beijing+25 Review’ cover a wide range of issues, from women’s economic empowerment, political participation, to women’s full and effective participation in environment conservation, climate action and peace building process.

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