The UN Conference of Women, held in Beijing in 1995, provided a forum for the exploration of current feminist topics …, sweat-shops, environmental degradation and religion influence the lives of women in different countries. …

sustainable economic growth in both the long as well as short run. The role of women in parliament and the interrelationship … between gender and development is critically analysed. Women's representation in parliament is the dependent variable and the …

exert a persistent influence on contemporary attitudes toward and outcomes for women. Motivated by this disparity, I develop … a simple model illustrating the interplay between economic development, sexist social norms, and women’s labor supply …. The model predicts that women’s labor supply will follow a U-shaped relationship, and that female labor supply will be …