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Growing up unwanted : girls' experiences of gender discrimination and violence in Tamil Nadu, India
Srinivasan, Sharada - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 26 (2014) 2, pp. 233-246
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Girls, girls, girls : gender composition and female school choice
Schneeweis, Nicole; Zweimüller, Martina - 2009
Gender segregation in the labor market may be explained by women's re- luctance to choose technical occupations …. Possible explanations are the lack of self-confidence of girls in male-dominated subjects, the domi- nating behavior of boys in … the classroom and unequal treatment by teachers. In this paper, we identify the causal impact of gender composition in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343933
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Understanding policy and programming on sex-selection in Tamil Nadu : ethnographic and sociological reflections
Perwez, Shahid - 2013
The family-planning programme of Tamil Nadu, largely a female sterilisation campaign, has been applauded as one of the successful public health interventions in India, which had arguably led to the drastic fertility decline in the state. To the state’s dismay, however, the fertility decline in...
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The power of Lakshmi : monetary incentives for raising a girl
Biswas, Nabaneeta; Cornwell, Christopher Mark; … - 2021
Worldwide, 1.6 million girls are "missing" at birth every year. One policy tool to improve the sex ratio is a …
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Girls' schooling is important but insufficient to promote equality for boys and girls in childhood and across the life course
Desmond, Chris; Watt, Kathryn; Naicker, Sara N.; … - In: Development policy review 42 (2024) 1, pp. 1-25
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The political economy of "lap dancing" : contested careers and women’s work in the stripping industry
Hardy, Kate; Sanders, Teela - In: Work, employment & society : a journal of the British … 29 (2015) 1, pp. 119-136
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Women's developmental networks and career satisfaction : developmental functions as a mediator
Chang, Jihyun; Baek, Pyounggu; Kim, Taesung - In: Journal of career development 48 (2021) 5, pp. 733-750
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Conceptual review of underrepresentation of women in senior leadership positions from a perspective of gendered social status in the workplace : implication for HRD research and pr...
Seo, Gaeun; Huang, Wenhao; Han, Seung-Hyun Caleb - In: Human resource development review : HRD review 16 (2017) 1, pp. 35-59
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Kick-starting female careers : attracting women to entrepreneurship programs
Hentschel, Tanja; Horvath, Lisa Kristina; Peus, Claudia; … - In: Journal of personnel psychology 17 (2018) 4, pp. 193-203
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