Constitutes the first part of the "ILO toolkit on gender mainstreaming in the world of work". Describes experiences made in over 20 countries in the area of equality policies targeting women and men, promoting a balanced participation in representative bodies and agenda-setting processes, and in...

By expanding the existing set of indicators to include gender-related stress, anxiety, and violence, this book introduces a new framework for gender research. The viability of this new approach is demonstrated through a coordinated set of household surveys, carried out in Export Processing Zones...

This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank?s 2001 gender strategy and the results thereof. Covering the period fiscal 2002-08, the evaluation finds that the Bank made progress in gender integration compared with an earlier IEG evaluation on gender covering the period fiscal...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Trade improves the lives of women -- The changing nature of trade creates new opportunities for women -- Better policies can help women overcome the challenges of trade and maximize its...

Toward Gender Equality in East Asia and the Pacific examines the relationship between gender equality and development and outlines an agenda for public action to promote more effective and inclusive development in East Asian and Pacific countries. Written as a companion to the World Development...

Geschlechterungleichheit lässt sich aus dem Blickwinkel von selbstbewerteter Lebenszufriedenheit über den gesamten standardisierten Lebenslauf betrachten. Die abgefragte Lebenszufriedenheit ist ein mittlerweile gut verstandenes, oft verwendetes Konzept und wird hier als Output-Maßstab...