Womens Economic Empowerment and the State : a Critical Human Ecological Approach / edited by Rhonda Breitkreuz (professor of family and social policy, Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta, Canada) and Marian Baird (professor of gender and employment relations, School of Business, University of Sydney, Australia).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Breitkreuz, Rhonda, editor.

Baird, Marian, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Economic conditions.

Women.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2026.

Summary:

This timely book examines the global trend of women's economic empowerment as a critical pathway to achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5: gender equality. Expert authors integrate feminist, intersectional and critical human ecological perspectives to explore the role of the state in enabling and disabling women's economic empowerment. Querying the concept of economic empowerment, contributing authors analyze the social, policy and economic environments which shape women's social and economic wellbeing. Drawing on research by international scholars, chapters explore how the macro environment interacts with sites of inequality to influence women's economic wellbeing across diverse international settings in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Ghana, India, and Ireland. Ultimately, the book identifies three macro environments that advance financial liberation: recognizing and valuing care work, creating opportunities for decent and stable employment and challenging patriarchal gender norms. This book is a crucial resource for scholars and students of gender studies, social policy, politics and public policy, development studies and sociology. Its insights into various aspects of women's economic empowerment, including paid and unpaid work, economic migration, and maternalism, also makes this prime reading for NGOs and national and regional governments interested in executing SDG 5.

Contents:

Contents: Foreword

1. Setting the stage: Women's economic empowerment from a global perspective / Rhonda Breitkreuz, Marian Baird, Karen D. Hughes and Alla Konnikov

2. What is women's "economic" empowerment? Meanings and measurement / Madeline Robbenhaar, Daniel Dinale, Rhonda Breitkreuz and Marian Baird

3. Broadening the focus on women's economic empowerment in Australia / Daniel Dinale, Marian Baird and Alison Williams

4. The challenges and achievements of women's economic empowerment in Brazil through participation in the labour market / Ana Hermeto, Simone Wajnman and Mariana Almeida

5. Women's economic empowerment in Canada through an intersectional lens / Karen D. Hughes, Amy Kaler and Alla Konnikov

6. Entrepreneurship: The holy grail for women's economic empowerment in Ghana? / Charles Ackah, Solina Richter, Lydia Aziato and Sylvia Esther Gyan

7. Women migrant domestic workers negotiating restrictive state migration policies / Bindhulakshmi Pattadath and Meena Gopal

8. Women, employment and maternalism in Ireland / Dorota Szelewa

9. The enabling (and disabling) contexts of women's economic empowerment / Rhonda Breitkreuz, Haneen Abraham and Vanessa Osei Bonsu.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781803921174 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.