“formal employment rate of 15%” and “approximately 85% of the population living below $1.” Liberia became known for its disastrous civil war spanning from 1989 to 2003. Sadly, a corrupt government, struggling economy, and lack of emphasis on gender equality and education, prevents Liberia from rebuilding. Currently, Liberia is in transition from a dictatorship to democracy, in which the President is the dominant force in politics. Various politicians have formerly been involved with differing scandals
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Gender and trade: A fresh look at the evidence Summary: The relationship between trade and gender has been hotly debated. Some say that globalization has excluded or impoverished women, causing disproportionate job losses due to the influx of foreign goods into domestic markets. Others argue that increased trade leads to greater gender equality by creating new jobs and economic growth.In fact, neither side in the debate is totally right, and a nuanced view is needed. Trade integration
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outcomes between nations. While these measures have traditionally focused on social and economic data, recent trends have extended to address other features. One important aspect in this regard is the underlying societal gender discrimination and the diverse outcome for males and females. This is commonly referred to as gender inequality. According to Dorius and Firebaugh (2010), gender inequality is where one gender possesses an excessively large proportion of valued items, such as political influence
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Women and Poverty “Poverty is the condition where people's basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter are not being met” (Business Dictionary). Poverty is a great problem in The United States and can be seen all around us on a daily basis. According to The US Census Bureau “In 2014, the official poverty rate was 14.8 percent. There were 46.7 million people in poverty. Neither the poverty rate nor the number of people in poverty were statistically different from the 2013 estimates.” However, poverty
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19.1 Introduction India is one of the developing nations of the modern world. It has become an independent country, a republic, more than a half century ago. During this period the country has been engaged in efforts to attain development and growth in various areas such as building infrastructure, production of food grains, science and technology and spread of education. The life expectancy has increased and many diseases have been controlled. However, there are many areas in which Indian society
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Equality and Discrimination Hundreds of millions of people suffer from discrimination in the world of work. This not only violates a basic human right, but has wider social and economic consequences which perpetuate poverty and inequality while worsening social tensions. Lessening discrimination could help the world dramatically decrease poverty and promote decent work for all. Unions can play a crucial role in fighting discrimination nationally and internationally through political action
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AND EQUALITY CHALLENGES OF CREATING OPPORTUNITIES IN FAVOR OF THE MARGINALISED GIRL CHILD : A STEP TOWARDS EQUITY AND EQUALITY IN EDUCATION DR. NIRUPAMA BARPANDA, SENIOR LECTURER IN EDUCATION, DR. PARSURAM MISHRA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY IN EDUCATION SAMBALPUR-768001 Ph : 91 663 2410067 Email : FULL PAPER Challenges of Creating Opportunities In favor of the Marginalised Girl Child : A Step towards Equity and Equality in
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and a Means to Good Ends: Draft Why Income Equality is Important Arthur MacEwan[1] March 2009 “The social system is not an unchangeable order beyond human control but a pattern of human action.”—John Rawls (1971, p. 102) In recent years “poverty reduction” has become the watchword in development agencies, in international lending institutions, and among development economists generally. The focus on poverty reduction reached a high point perhaps with the articulation
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Linkages Between Gender, Development, and Growth: Implications for the Caribbean Region Stephanie Seguino Professor, Department of Economics Old Mill 340 University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05401 Tel. 1 802 656-0187 Fax 1 802 656-8405 Email sseguino@zoo.uvm.edu July 2008 Acknowledgements: I am grateful for helpful comments and insights from Rhoda Reddock, Christine Barrow, Caren Grown, three anonymous referees, and participants at the Building Capacity for Gender Analysis in Policy
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ATHROPOLOGY OF GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT [HANTH 107] INTRODUCTION Defining Key Concepts Gender is not about women as most people think. Gender is about both men and women. Gender is a set of characteristics distinguishing between male and female, and is a result socio – cultural construction, it describes the characteristics that a society or culture delineates as masculine or feminine. Thus the term gender has social, cultural and attitudinal connotations. Gender is a set of characteristics distinguishing
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