The gendered division of labour
How can we assess the quality of employment and care policy from a gender equality perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12937388 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jo Armstrong (0000-0002-6485-2689, Lancaster University), Walby (0000-0002-9696-6947, Lancaster University), Sylvia Walby (Lancaster University), Sofia Strid (0000-0001-7822-4563, Lancaster University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 263-275 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Poverty and Social Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1759-8273 • E-ISSN: 1759-8281 |
| Publisher | Policy Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.51952/fect7287 |
| OpenAlex | W513236 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Evaluating the quality of employment and care policy in relation to gender equality is important given the continuing inequalities between men and women in paid and unpaid work. However, assessment raises dilemmas: quality according to what criteria; quality for whom; and quality of what? It is proposed here that good quality means transformation in gender relations towards an equal distribution of paid and unpaid work, equal pay and de-segregation; that sensitivity to differences between women is required, but not the adoption of different quality standards; and that working towards the goal of transformation demands consideration of several interconnected policy arenas. Assessing quality is difficult; but it is possible – and it is crucial to achieving gender equality
Care work · Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics · Division of labour · Economics · Gender equality · Inequality · Labour economics · Perspective (graphical · Public economics · Quality (philosophy · Relation (database · Sociology · Unpaid work · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Gender Studies · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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Working mothers’ gender ideologies on childcare and perception on existing childcare centres
The search for the elusive recipe for gender equality
The quality of gender equality policies
The intersection between class and gender and its impact on the quality of employment in Chile
Taking implementation seriously in assessing success
Questions sur la qualité des emplois du care
| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2020 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |