Empowering Women in Work in Developing Countries

✍ Scribed by Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 206
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-22
Demography, Health and Inequality: Basic Perspectives in the Life of Young Women....Pages 23-54
Education and Skills of Young Women....Pages 55-76
Employment of Young Women....Pages 77-100
Wages and Working Conditions of Young Women....Pages 101-115
An Industry Outlook....Pages 116-128
Governance, Labour Relations, Union Organization — and the Internet....Pages 129-154
Perspectives for Using the Internet on Behalf of Girls and Young Women: The Case of the Statutory Minimum Wage....Pages 155-167
Back Matter....Pages 168-193

✦ Subjects

Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology; Business Ethics; International Business; Gender Studies; Organization; Economics, general

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