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Confronting Stereotypes in the Fishing Industry in Postapartheid South Africa: A Case Study of Women on the West Coast in the Western Cape, South Africa

2011-2020, Case Study, Countries and Regions, Cultural Development, Economic Development, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

The paper focuses on how women confront gender stereotyping in fishing and how social policies like affirmative action and employment equity impact on women in a democratising South Africa. It also highlights ways that women in fish processing innovate and develop strategies to cope with gender-related workplace problems in the industry. Asset Type: Publications Collection: …

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Gender Earnings Disparity and Discrimination in Urban China: Unconditional Quantile Regression

2011-2020, Case Study, Countries and Regions, Economic Development, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

In this paper, the authors use data from the Chinese Household Income Projects (2002 and 2007) to analyse the earnings disparity between genders and a female inner group. The unconditional quantile regression finds that the negative effects on earnings of marriage and taking care of children has significantly decreased since 2002, especially for women. But …

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Transnational Mobility, Social Capital, and Cosmopolitan Women Traders in Ghana

2011-2020, Case Study, Countries and Regions, Cultural Development, Economic Development, Foreign, Gender, Journal/Magazine/Review, Social Development / By

This paper focuses on an emergent category of Ghanaian traders, women who are educated abroad and travel the globe to purchase consumer items, art, and cloth to sell on the Ghanaian market. The narratives of these women highlight numerous sociohistorical moments relevant to the global economy. Asset Type: Publications Collection: Foreign Publications Subject: Women, Ghana …

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