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Resources: Women, work, and the digital economy

07/11/2022

24 pages long

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Resources: Women, work, and the digital economy

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This is the Resources section of the journal issue on 'Women, work, and the digital economy'.

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Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

31/08/2022

18 pages long

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Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

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Over time, the transport sector has grown more cognisant of gender differences in planning and policy. Yet, extant literature on transport shows that challenges, such as sexual harassment of women still prevail. The value of this study is its contribution towards gender-responsive transport policies with a focus on women by highlighting (1) the spectrum of […]

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‘Care is not a burden’: a 7-4-7 framework of action for operationalising the Triple R

31/08/2022

23 pages long

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‘Care is not a burden’: a 7-4-7 framework of action for operationalising the Triple R

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Our research on government policy responses to address the increase in women’s unpaid care and domestic work during COVID-19, across 59 countries of Asia and the Pacific, shows that less than 30 per cent of measures are care-sensitive and of these only 12 per cent are gender-differentiated. From this analysis, this paper proposes a care-integral […]

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Better stories for a gender equal and fairer social recovery from outbreaks: learnings from the RESISTIRÉ project

31/08/2022

17 pages long

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Better stories for a gender equal and fairer social recovery from outbreaks: learnings from the RESISTIRÉ project

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The pandemic has radically shifted how society is organised, with increased work from home, home-schooling, and intensification of online presence, all with specific (un)intended implications on paid and unpaid care work. These implications, like those of other crises, are gendered and manifest along sex, age, disability, ethnicity/race, migration status, religion, social class, and the intersections […]

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COVID-19 – a crisis of care and what we can learn from the SEWA experience in India

31/08/2022

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COVID-19 – a crisis of care and what we can learn from the SEWA experience in India

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As women across the globe continue to be overburdened with child-care responsibilities owing to the closure of institutional child-care facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper attempts to posit a viable disaster-resilient model through the idea of community-based care infrastructure. Based on research conducted among parents from low-income groups, whose children attended child-care centres […]

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The Care Policy Scorecard: a new tool to shift progress towards a caring economy

31/08/2022

19 pages long

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The Care Policy Scorecard: a new tool to shift progress towards a caring economy

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COVID-19 has highlighted the centrality of care and women’s labour (paid and unpaid). While there is a growing body of literature on specific policy measures to address care work in different contexts, there is no global practical tool to track progress against key policy areas. This article introduces the Care Policy Scorecard, an evidence-based policy […]

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COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

31/08/2022

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COVID-19 and women migrant workers in informal employment: recommendations for strengthening social protection efforts in Lao People’s Democratic Republic

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of migrant workers returned from their countries of employment to their families in Lao People’s Democratic Republic. This article focuses on a specific population of migrant workers – Lao women returnee migrant workers in informal employment in Thailand – to explore how COVID-19 impacted their well-being and […]

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COVID-19 impact and recovery for women informal workers – a view from 2021

31/08/2022

29 pages long

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COVID-19 impact and recovery for women informal workers – a view from 2021

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Studies show that the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions had disproportionately negative impacts on the majority of the world’s workers who work informally, and on women informal workers in particular. This reflects the interplay between the pandemic, existing decent work deficits in informal employment, and discriminatory gendered norms within and outside the workplace. Based on […]

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The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

31/08/2022

31 pages long

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The role of care and the local economy in women’s labour force participation: evidence from Mexico and Colombia in the pandemic era

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Women face disproportionate care burdens on their time because of traditional gender roles, lack of public policies supporting them and the lack of government services for satisfying society's care needs. This unequal distribution of care responsibilities reduces their opportunities to fully participate in labour markets. We argue that all else equal, women's physical proximity to […]

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From participation to power – Pacific approaches to women’s economic empowerment

31/08/2022

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From participation to power – Pacific approaches to women’s economic empowerment

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Pacific women’s unique economic experiences are under-represented in Pacific development initiatives. Economic empowerment initiatives typically focus on economic participation, without consideration for women’s household labour and the unequal social and economic dynamics within their homes and communities. Within the context of COVID-19, these inequalities have become more pronounced and the need to address them more […]

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