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050 00 $aHD6223$b.K525 2012
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100 1 $aKlaveren, Maarten van.
245 10 $aEmpowering women in work in developing countries /$cMaarten van Klaveren and Kea Tijdens.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2012.
300 $axiii, 193 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 168-187) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Introducing the Decisions for Life project -- Impact of the Decisions for Life project -- The Target Group -- The MDGs and Empowerment -- Discovering the Target Group -- The WageIndicator project: Labour Market Transparency -- Characteristics of the 14 Countries -- Human Development and Inequalities -- The 14 Countries in the 2000s -- Outline of This Book -- Demography, Health and Inequality: Basic Perspectives in the Life of Young Women -- Introduction -- Fertility -- Life Expectancy -- Girls and Boys: The Statistics -- Female Feticide -- Child Mortality -- The Pressure on Girls -- The Adolescent Fertility Rate -- Early Marriage and Early Motherhood -- Health Risks of Early Motherhood -- The HIV/AIDS Pandemic -- HIV/AIDS in the 14 countries -- Effects of HIV/AIDS on Growth and Progress -- Prevention of HIV/AIDS in South Africa -- Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) -- Orphanhood -- Mobility Out of Poverty? -- Education and Skills of Young Women -- Introduction: the MDG2+3 goals -- The Importance of Education -- Literacy -- Inequalities in Education -- Primary Education: Enrolment -- Primary Education: Country Overview -- Secondary Education: Enrolment -- Secondary Education: Country Overview -- Vocational Training -- Tertiary Education -- Female Skill Levels -- Employment of Young Women -- Introduction -- Labour Force Participation -- Absorption and Allocation -- Formal and Informal Employment -- Unemployment and Underemployment -- Child Labour -- Migration -- The Distribution of Women Workers over Industries -- The Female Share in Industries -- The Distribution of Women Workers Over Occupations -- The Female Share in Occupations -- The Eight Targeted Occupations -- Wages and Working Conditions of Young Women -- Introduction -- Wages: Industry Rankings -- Wages: The Gender Pay Gap -- Job Quality -- Working Hours -- Workplace Sexual Harassment and violence -- Combining Work and Family Life: a Legal Framework for Young Women -- Compliance, a Major Problem -- An Industry Outlook -- Introduction -- Industries: Agriculture -- Industries: Manufacturing -- Industries: Services -- Governance, Labour Relations, Union Organization, and The Internet -- Introduction -- The (Re) regulation Debate -- Empowering Women: Activities -- Women's Rights -- Union Organization -- Decisions for Life and the Position of Women in Unions -- Communication, New Media, Social Media -- Print Media, TV and Radio -- Mobile Phones -- Mobile Phones and the Gender Gap -- Mobile Internet and Broadband -- Internet Use -- Girls and Women on the Internet -- Perspectives for Using the Internet on Behalf of Girls and Young Women: the Case of the Statutory Minimum Wage -- Introduction -- Minimum Wages -- The Level of Minimum Wages -- Employment Effects -- Effects on Income Distribution -- Enforcement of the minimum Wage and The Role of the WageIndicator.
520 $aThe authors of this volume present the outcomes of a major project aimed at empowering girls and young women in 14 developing countries. They discuss the young women's choices in life, set against the backdrop of family building, health, education, employment opportunities and the use of the Internet. They also compare the available statistics with the reality for these girls and young women. In doing so, this book displays two unique features. Firstly, in covering employment, wages and job quality, the authors apply an industry-based approach. Secondly, based on the individuals' own experiences, the book assesses the perspectives the Internet and social media platforms can open for the empowerment of women in developing countries.
650 0 $aWomen$xEmployment$zDeveloping countries.
650 0 $aWomen$zDeveloping countries$xEconomic conditions.
650 0 $aWomen$zDeveloping countries$xSocial conditions.
700 1 $aTijdens, Kea.
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