Equality within our lifetimes : how laws and policies can close-or widen-gender gaps in economies worldwide /

"The book proceeds in three sections. In section one, we examine how the laws in every country address discrimination in the workplace-not only on the basis of sex and gender, but also based on pregnancy, family status, race/ethnicity, religion, disability, migration status, sexual orientation,...

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Main Authors: Heymann, Jody, 1959- (Author), Sprague, Aleta, 1986- (Author), Raub, Amy, 1981- (Author)
Other Authors: Swaminathan, Hema (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023]
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Table of Contents:
  • Gender discrimination at work
  • Equal rights at work for women must mean all women
  • Why ending sexual harassment is integral to ending gender discrimination
  • Putting non-discrimination into practice : improving access to justice and realizing the promise of gender equality laws
  • How laws and policies reinforce gender inequality in caring for children
  • How the law's neglect of caregiving across the life course fuels gender inequality
  • Education : investing in girls to advance gender equality long-term
  • Civil society as a powerful source for change
  • Achieving gender equality in the economy in our lifetimes.