Gender Targets, Quotas, and Indicators in Work, Politics, and Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22370507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bessell (0000-0002-2969-0389, Australian National University, corresponding author), Sharon Bessell |
| Year | 2021 |
| Pages | 1-11 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-24 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118924396.wbiea2424 |
| OpenAlex | W3125058636 |
| ISBN | 9781118924396 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
The absence of women from leadership positions, political power, and the labor force has long been a concern of feminist scholars and international development actors. Processes of development have largely failed to deliver gender equality or gender justice. Targets embodied in the Millennium Development Goals and more recently the Sustainable Development Goals have sought to rectify these failures by addressing the exclusion of women and promoting gender equality. Political quotas have been used to increase women's political participation. These efforts have often been highly contested and the impacts on gender equality and gender justice have been mixed
Democracy · Economic growth · Economic Justice · Economics · Embodied cognition · Gender and development · Gender equality · Gender justice · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainable development · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Human Rights and Development · Law
Women and poverty in the Third World
The Seductions of Quantification
World Trade Report 2012
The Impact of Gender Quotas
Politics of ‘Leaving No One Behind’
Quotas as a ‘fast track’ to equal representation for women
Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development
From the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals
Gender equality and women's empowerment
SDGs, Agenda 2030 and the prospects for transformative social policy and social development
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