This resource guide is based on discussions and thinking from the unpaid care work workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya from 21-24 March 2011. The workshop brought together ActionAid staff and partners from Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and India. It was a mix of programme and policy staff including representatives from the International Women’s Rights, Education, HIV …
This paper applies the Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) approach to investigate disparities in endowments and returns to these endowments between male and female headed households, and to construct a discrimination index. This approach permits us to obtain appropriate parameter estimates of income generating functions, and to use them to derive the partial effects of …
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: …
