Unit 5: Tools for mainstreaming gender concerns
References
General
Bullock, Susan. 1994. Women and Work. Women and World Development Series, UN-NGO Group on Women and Development. London and New Jersey: Zed Books Ltd.
This book draws together research on gender, work and development, emphasising that the concept of work should include not only paid labour but all those activities which contribute to production and development. It discusses the invisibility, low status and insecurity of women’s work, documents gender-based constraints in the labour market, and presents efforts and measures to eliminate gender discrimination and promote equality of treatment and opportunity.
Dickens L. 1994. "Business Case for Women’s Equality: Is the Carrot Better than the Stick?" In Employee Relations (Bradford), 16(8), 1994, 5-18.
ILO Library: 94P43578
LABORDOC: 258014
This article discusses the limitations of the legal compliance approach to equal opportunity and the business approach, which views it as beneficial to organisational competitiveness.
ESCAP. 1994. Women in Asia and the Pacific: 1985-1993. Second Asian and Pacific Ministerial Conference on Women in Development, Jakarta. New York: United Nations.
ILO Library: 94B01/131 English
LABORDOC: 259611
This report contains four conference documents dealing respectively with "Women in economic development", "Women in social development", "Women and empowerment", and "Regional priority issues and proposals for action."
ESCAP. 1993. Women in Politics in Asia and the Pacific. Seminar on the participation of Women in Politics as an Aspect of Human Resources Development, Seoul, 1992. New York: United Nations.
ILO Library: 93B01/159 English
LABORDOC: 265364
This report includes the text of the Seoul Statement on Empowering Women in Politics.
Forsyth D.J.C. 1996. Women Workers in Fiji’s Formal Sector. Suva.
ILO Library: 96A1061
LABORDOC: 269621
ILO. 1991. The Window of Opportunity: Strategies for enhancing women’s participation in technical cooperation projects. WID Occasional Paper No. 3. Geneva: ILO.
This booklet, meant for ILO officials, project staff and consultants, presents various simple ways of enhancing women’s visibility and active role in planning and monitoring development projects and programmes. It examines factors to consider when planning, monitoring and evaluating different types of projects and presents advantages and disadvantages of women-specific and mainstreamed projects.
Karl M. 1995. Women and Empowerment: Participation and Decision-Making. UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service. London: Zed Books.
ILO Library: 95A809
LABORDOC: 260498
Neumark D. and M. McLennan. 1995. "Sex Discrimination and Women’s Labour Market Outcomes." In Journal Of Human Resources (Madison), 30(4), Fall, 713-740.
ILO Library: 95P40150
LABORDOC: 268367
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Women, this article provides some evidence that sex discrimination may be related to lower wages and has a statistically significant effect on the probability that women will change employers.
Rubery J. and M. Smith. 1996. Factors Influencing the Integration of Women into the Economy. International Training Centre of the ILO, Turin: ILO.
ILO Library: 96B09/174 English
LABORDOC: 268688
This report shows trends for the period from 1983 to 1994.