The present crisis symptoms evident in most developing economies are particularly pronounced in black Africa. Although this is largely due to factors beyond the control of the countries concerned, inappropriate development strategies have aggravated their effects. In order to mobilize the black...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on data collecting problems regarding the income generating activities and economic role of Hausa Islamic women in Katsina, Nigeria - finds homemaker tasks and family household production to have been ignored or submerged in historical and current censuses, due to...

Examines the employment situation in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, focusing on the effects of events in neighbouring Afghanistan. Highlights the impact of radical Islamic groups, drug production and trade, migration and refugee movements, trade restrictions and increased external...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on woman worker labour force participation in Jordan - discusses occupational structure, analyses the impact of cultural factors, marital status, educational level, family size, husband's occupation, urbanization and rural migration, provides comparisons with...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper comprising a literature survey of the social role of women in Jordan - discusses islamic influences on marriage, responsibilitys and decision making, woman worker employment, clan family structure and religious practice, presents folklore interpretations of female...

Reflects on the values behind the ILO's Decent Work Agenda and provides a forum for contributors from various humanistic, philosophical, spiritual and religious traditions to express their views on the significance of work at all levels of society, from the individual person to the global...

We use the Islamic holy month of Ramadan as a natural experiment in fasting and fetal health. In Michigan births 1989-2006, we and prenatal exposure to Ramadan among Arab mothers results in lower birthweight and reduced gestation length. Exposure to Ramadan in the first month of gestation is...