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The afterlife of industrial work: Urban-to-rural labour transitions from the factory to the informal economyThe COVID-19 pandemic has escalated processes of labour transition from industrial work to the informal economy, which have always characterized the life of the working poor...
Feminist economics Political economy Social reproductionPresentation
Panel on the ‘Structure and drivers of the quantity and quality of women’s work in Latin America’ at the 29th Annual International Association for Feminist EconomicsThe UNU-WIDER project on ‘Women’s work — routes to economic and social empowerment’ presents at the 29th IAFFE Annual Conference, held virtually between 22 – 25 June 2021.
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The power to choose: Gender balance of power and intra-household educational spending in IndiaWe assess the effect of female bargaining power on the share of educational expenditures in the household budget in India...
Collective bargaining Education Feminist economicsResearch Brief
How can aid promote the empowerment of women?Aid projects that specifically target women tend be better at increasing gender equality than those that mainstream gender...
Economic assistance and foreign aid Entrepreneurship Feminist economicsWorking Paper
Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Productive Employment and Social ProtectionThe paper attempts to examine the extent to which the ILO-supported projects have contributed to women’s economic empowerment and well-being i.e., from a gender perspective...
Entrepreneurship Feminist economics International agenciesBook
Gender and National Identity: Women and Politics in Muslim SocietiesThis lucid and accessible collection explores gender and national identity within political movements in the Middle East, the Maghreb and South Asia...
Feminist economics Nationalism ReligionBook
Gender and National Identity: Women and Politics in Muslim Societies (paperback)This lucid and accessible collection explores gender and national identity within political movements in the Middle East, the Maghreb and South Asia...
Feminist economics Nationalism Religion