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Action research: garment industry supply chains
Women Working Worldwide, 2003This manual, aimed at researchers, gives practical guidance on how to conduct action research that will promote and support workers' rights, focusing on garment industry supply chains.DocumentIdentification of economic opportunities for women's groups and communities
International Labour Organization, 2003This guide is designed to support strategies for improved employment opportunities, particularly amongst women. It is aimed at development and community organisations, including women's groups, small business associations, workers' and employers' organisations, as well as in-country staff charged with assisting these groups.DocumentGender mainstreaming in trade and industry: a reference manual for governments and other stakeholders
Commonwealth Secretariat, 2003Gender mainstreaming in the trade sector entails the equal participation and consideration of women and men in every aspect of trade, including in policy formulation, decision-making, in trade operations, access to opportunities for work, and upgrading of skills and career development.DocumentINC - Gender Profile: Venezuela (April 2002)
Canadian International Development Agency, 2002Women still face institutional and societal discrimination in Venezuela. This report offers a statistical and policy overview of gender equality at the national level. Though national policy is largely progressive, implementation lags behind.DocumentWomen in Bolivarian Venezuela Part 2: The Bolivarian Response to the Feminization of Poverty in Venezuela
Venezuela Analysis, 2005Innovative social and economic strategies are necessary to combat the growing incidence and severity of poverty among women in Venezuela. Legislative change to fight gender inequality, a root cause of the predominantly female poverty, is only the start.DocumentGender, Class and Caste Schisms in Affirmative Action Policies: The Curious Case of India's Women's Reservation Bill
Routledge, 2002Following the introduction of economic liberalisation policies in 1991, India has registered steady gains in terms of conventional economic indices such as external trade, investment inflows, and foreign exchange reserves. However, women have not shared equitably in these gains.DocumentGender Inequality and Economic Growth: a Cross-Country Analysis
Elsevier, 2000How does gender inequality affect economic growth? This study looks at the impact that the unequal distribution of income by gender has on rates of economic growth. It is based on a set of semi-industrialised export-oriented economies in which women provide the bulk of labour in the export sector.DocumentWomen's Empowerment through Sustainable Micro-Finance: Rethinking ?Best Practice?
2006Women's access to microfinance services have significantly increased over the past two decades. By enhancing women's ability to earn an income, these programmes have the potential to initiate a series of ?virtuous spirals? of economic empowerment and increased well-being for women and their families.DocumentConflicts Over Credit: Re-Evaluating the Empowerment Potential of Loans to Women in Rural Bangladesh
Elsevier, 2000Microcredit programmes for the poor have come to occupy a central place in poverty-oriented strategies in Bangladesh. Yet evaluations of the empowerment potential of credit programmes for rural women in Bangladesh have arrived at conflicting conclusions. This paper draws on the findings of a credit programme in Bangladesh, in which the impact of loans was evaluated by women loanees themselves.DocumentWho Takes the Credit? Gender, Power and Control Over Loan Use in Rural Bangladesh
Elsevier, 1996Special credit institutions in Bangladesh have dramatically increased the credit available to poor rural women since the mid-1980s. Though this is intended to contribute to women's empowerment, few evaluations of loan use investigate whether women actually control this credit.Pages