Unit 5: Tools for mainstreaming gender concerns

References

Economic restructuring

1995. "Development for Whom? Women in Asian Export Processing Zones." In Asian Labour Update (Kowloon), (18), May-July, 5-24.
ILO Library: 95P49211
LABORDOC: 263913
This article is based on country reports from China (including Hong Kong), Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

1995. Globalization: Its Impact on Filipino Women Workers. First Multisectoral Consultation-Workshop on Globalization and its Effects on Women Workers in the Formal, Informal and Migrant Sectors, Quezon City. Philippine Labor Review (Manila), 19(1), Jan.-Jun., I-III, 1-109.
ILO Library: 95P45557
LABORDOC: 271767

Baden, S. 1997. "Recession and structural adjustment’s impact on women’s work in selected developing regions." In Date-Bah, E. (ed.), Promoting Gender Equality at Work: Turning Vision into Reality. Geneva: ILO.

Baden, S. 1993. The Impact of Recession and Structural Adjustment on Women’s Work in Developing and Developed Countries. Equality for Women in Employment: An Interdepartmental Project IDP Women/WP-19. Geneva: ILO.

Cagatay N., D. Elson, and C. Grown. 1995. "Gender, Adjustment and Macroeconomics." In World Development (Washington), 23(11), Nov., 1827-2017 (Special Issue).
ILO Library: 95P44026
LABORDOC: 264998
This issue comprises articles which discuss ways to develop theoretical and empirical macroeconomic models that incorporate gender as an analytical category. It includes an article on integrating training for gender specialists and economic planners in the Caribbean.

Hale A. 1996. "Deregulated Global Economy: Women Workers and Strategies of Resistance." In Gender and Development (Oxford), 4(3), Oct., 8-15.
ILO Library: 96P49373
LABORDOC: 272353
This article looks at the threats posed to working conditions by globalisation of the economy. It argues that, while women in developing countries are not only among those most open to exploitation, and are often in the forefront of local resistance, their views are not being heard in international debates on how to protect labour standards. It reviews resistance strategies which have or could be taken.

Joekes S. 1993. "Influence of Trade Expansion on Women’s Work." No. 16 in Bridge: Briefings on Development and Gender Series. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.
ILO Library: 93B09/567 English
LABORDOC: 266064
This briefing note reviews quantitative studies and other research studies which describe the prevalence of female employment in export processing zones and women’s conditions of work in the export industry.

Joekes S. 1989. Engendering Adjustment for the 1980s. Report of the Commonwealth Expert Group on Women and Structural Adjustment. London: Commonwealth Secretariat Publications.

Lantican C.P., C.H. Gladwin, and J.L. Seale. 1996. "Income and Gender Inequalities in Asia: Testing Alternative Theories of Development." In Economic Development and Cultural Change (Chicago), 44(2), Jan., 235-263.
ILO Library: 96P40098
LABORDOC: 267109
Using time-series data from 1960 to 1985 for Bangladesh, Korea and the Philippines, this paper examines gender and income inequalities and investigates whether income growth and structural transformation are improving women’s status and decreasing gender inequalities in education and employment, as well as improving income distribution in rural and urban areas.

Lim L.L. 1993. "The feminisation of labour in the Asia-Pacific Rim countries: from contributing to economic dynamism to bearing the brunt of structural adjustment." In Ogawa, N., G.W. Jones and J.G. Williamson (eds.), Human resources in development along the Asia-Pacific Rim. Singapore: Oxford University Press.

O’Sullivan H. 1995. Silk and Steel: Asian Women Workers Confront Challenges of Industrial Restructuring. Research papers and consultation recommendations on the impact of industrial restructuring on women workers in Asia. Hong Kong: Committee for Asian Women.
ILO Library: 97A260
LABORDOC: 273278

Paterson M. 1995. Shadows Behind the Screen: Economic Restructuring and Asian Women. London, Hong Kong : Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives; Catholic Institute for International Relations.
ILO Library: 97A261
LABORDOC: 273279
This publication consists of two sections: regional reflection and country profiles. Each chapter of the country profiles section includes several life stories narrated by working women.

Stichter S, and J.L. Parpart. 1990. Women, Employment and the Family in the International Division of Labour. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
ILO Library: 96A736
LABORDOC: 255827 This book comprises nine essays on recent research concerning the relationships between women’s participation in the labour force and their role within the household and the family. It includes case studies from a number of developing countries.

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