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Women and the Economy (From Sandesh.org)
What does the collapse of the Cancun Ministerial
mean for women's rights in development?
Woith the collapse of the Cancun talks gender advocates must maintain their vigilance of the World Trade Organization and continue working to transform the system of global governance into a democratic, transparent, accountable system that facilitates, not impedes, the attainment of human rights by all. This system is in crisis and the failure in Cancun may have dealt a crippling blow. Monitoring negotiations in Geneva is more difficult for most gender advocates however, so building coalitions and effectively sharing information throughout our networks becomes more important than ever.
Promoting gender equality: a resource kit for trade unions
A resource kit targeted to trade unions and other types of organizations has been produced to help raise awareness about gender issues and promote gender equality within unions. Promoting Gender Equality: Resource Kit for Trade Unions, published by the ILO Gender Promotion Programme (GENPROM), was developed through collaboration with the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) as well as various national trade unions. The kit addresses issues including: promoting gender equality through collective bargaining; guidelines for gender equality bargaining; organizing the unorganized; the informal economy and other unprotected workers; organizing in diversity; and promoting women workers' rights through alliances and solidarity.
Women and men in the informal economy
On the occasion of the 90th Session of the International Labour Conference, held in June 2002 in Geneva, the ILO issued a report on Women and Men in the Informal Economy. The report includes an up-to-date statistical summary and analyses of the situations and characteristics of employment of women and men in the informal economy in selected countries, based on available data. It also features recommendations on measures to improve statistics and data on the informal economy for policy making. The statistics in the report were analyzed and presented according to the new conceptual framework for the informal economy; this framework was proposed in the ILO report on Decent Work and the Informal Economy, which was discussed at the International Labour Conference.
Gender Inequality, Income, and Growth: Are Good Times Good for Women?
The relative status of women is poor in the developing world, compared to developed countries. Increases in per capita income lead to improvements in different measures of gender equality, suggesting that there may be market failures hindering investment in girls in developing countries, and that these are typically overcome as development proceeds. Gender inequality in education and health can also be explained to a considerable extent by religious preference, regional factors, and civil freedom. These systematic patterns in gender differentials suggest that low investment in women is not an efficient economic choice, and we can show that gender inequality in education is bad for economic growth. Thus, societies that have a preference for not investing in girls pay a price for it in terms of slower growth and reduced income.
Progress of the world's women 2000
This report examines the progress of the world's women from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. It concentrates on the economic dimensions of gender equality and women's empowerment in the context of globalization. It assesses women's progress using a variety of indicators and examines the issue of accountability, focusing in particular on government accountability for the gender impact of their policies and programmes, including national budgets, and on corporate accountability for the social impact of their operations. Finally, it explores ways in which globalization can be reshaped to promote the progress of poor women.
Women in Business and Globalization
If women are to successfully meet the challenges of globalization and liberalization they must deal with the following realizations such as the need to practice what we preach: Our businesses have to be women-friendly. Likewise, we have to be in the forefront of espousing fair trade practices as well as transparency and accountability among private businesses. More from this paper presented by Isabelita Sy-Palanca, President of the Women's Business Council of the Philippines and Deputy Chair of the Confederation of Women's Business Councils - APEC.
Fact sheet: improving women's economic status
Major gaps continue between the economic opportunities and status afforded to women and those offered to men -- in training, credit, employment opportunities, workplace roles and wages. Yet women's economic integration is a powerful impetus for economic, social and environmental progress. Improving women's economic status clearly helps to save lives by promoting health, encouraging economic progress, and enhancing the social status of women.
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