ISBN:
9781522530190
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 452 Seiten)
Ausgabe:
Also available in print
Serie:
Advances in electronic government, digital divide, and regional development (AEGDDRD) book series
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.409172/4
Schlagwort(e):
Sex role
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Women's rights
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Women Economic conditions
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Women Developing countries
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Economic conditions
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Women's rights Developing countries
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Sex role Developing countries
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
Kurzfassung:
"This book focuses on advancing gender equality and women's empowerment through existing 'orthodox' development discourses and practices, which seeks to ensure that we need to uphold the principles of equality, development and empowerment in dealing with women and gender issues. It enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of women in the diverse development areas of concern"--
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Section 1. Women and work. Chapter 1. Tracing the rights of domestic and international Kenyan house helps: profiles, policy, and consequences ; Chapter 2. Patriarchy and (un)doing factory of women's collective identity in Sri Lankás localised global apparel industry: the glass ceiling revisited ; Chapter 3. Care work vs. career: crisis of middle class working women ; Chapter 4. Women-friendly working environment in Bangladesh: critical analysis ; Chapter 5. Gendered organizational culture: a comparative study in Bangladesh and Thailand ; Chapter 6. Traditional economic activities of Indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts: exploring Indigenous women's role in sustaining traditional economic activities ; Chapter 7. Gender, organization, and change in Sudan ; Chapter 8. Emerging trends and challenges faced in women's employment and self-employment in Pakistan -- Section 2. Women's education and health. Chapter 9.Gender violence in academia ; Chapter 10. Girls' and women's rights to menstrual health in Nepal -- Section 3. Vulnerability and women. Chapter 11. More than body parts: theorising gender within African spaces ; Chapter 12. Unveiling barriers and challenges of brothel-based sex workers in private and public sphere of Bangladesh ; Chapter 13. Women's commuting environment in public buses in Dhaka City: a case of men's perspectives ; Chapter 14. Disaster, vulnerability, and violence against women: global findings and a research agenda for Bangladesh -- Section 4. Equality and empowerment. Chapter 15. Engaging men in women's economic empowerment in Butiama District, Mara Region, Tanzania ; Chapter 16. Empowering women entrepreneurs in India with ICT applications ; Chapter 17. Advocating the woman affirmative action and women empowerment in rural Cross River State of Nigeria: the role of the civil society and the media ; Chapter 18. Role of women empowerment in public and corporate leadership -- Section 5. Gender and media. Chapter 19. Structuring the "Expected": new social media platforms and the role of women in urban spaces ; Chapter 20. The role of media in perpetuating or obstructing gender equality in the context of developing world -- Section 6. Emerging challenges and inclusion of men on women's issues. Chapter 21. Migration, muslim women, and social reproduction of gender inequality: international migration and social remittances in gender relations in Bangladesh ; Chapter 22. Towards a more gender-inclusive climate change policy ; Chapter 23. Women painters of Mithila: a quest for identity ; Chapter 24. Development interventions and masculinity in transition: a study among marma men living in Bandarban Sadar in Chittagong Hill Tracts
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.4018/978-1-5225-3018-3
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