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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Globalisation, Institutions and Empowerment of Women in Africa: Kenya's Experience
Autores: | Kiriti,   Tabitha; Tisdell,   Clement A.; Roy,   Kartik C.
Data: | 2011-02-14
Ano: | 2001
Palavras-chave: | Gender inequality; Kenya; Empowerment of women; Globalisation; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; Labor and Human Capital.
Resumo: | In male dominated societies like Kenya, men's superior status leading to power over women and control of valued resources, is supported by laws and policies that spell out and legitimise men's privileged and dominant status and is justified by religious, traditional, moral, and/or pseudo-scientific ideologies and beliefs. Such mechanisms and beliefs help to perpetuate gender inequality even in the face of structural changes that ought to diminish, if not completely undermine the strength of its operation. Institutionalised gender inequality limits women's participation in institutions and this reinforces their lack of empowerment. Women are unable to take advantage of the opening up of new markets and competition because they lack property rights; especially land rights that they can use as collateral for borrowing loans.
Tipo: | Working or Discussion Paper
Idioma: | Inglês

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ISSN: 1442-8563

http://purl.umn.edu/100209

Relação:

University of Queensland&gt;School of Economics&gt;Social Economics, Policy and Development Working Papers

Social Economics, Policy and Development

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