Sex in equalities in urban employment in the third world / edited by Richard Anker and Catherine Hein

By:

Anker, Richard (ed.)

Contributor(s):

Hein, Catherine (ed.)

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London; Macmillan Press; 1986Description: 378p.-ISBN:

9.78033E+12

Subject(s):

Women employment developing countries

DDC classification:

331.4091724 SEX

Summary: Great inequality exists between men and women with respect to occupations, career paths and earnings. This volume presents an overview of the current situation in developing countries, along with results from ILO-UNFPA-supported studies in Cyprus, Ghana, India, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Peru. Insights are provided into the disadvantages women of the Third World face in the employment market, based on this unique set of interviews with several thousand employers, male employees and female employees which reveal why factors such as recruitment, wages, promotion, absenteeism and turnover differ by sex of worker. This book will be of interest to policy makers and researchers concerned with the promotion of equality between men and women.

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Great inequality exists between men and women with respect to occupations, career paths and earnings. This volume presents an overview of the current situation in developing countries, along with results from ILO-UNFPA-supported studies in Cyprus, Ghana, India, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and Peru. Insights are provided into the disadvantages women of the Third World face in the employment market, based on this unique set of interviews with several thousand employers, male employees and female employees which reveal why factors such as recruitment, wages, promotion, absenteeism and turnover differ by sex of worker.

This book will be of interest to policy makers and researchers concerned with the promotion of equality between men and women.

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