Gendered Impacts of Globalization: Employment and Social Protection [DFID policy brief].

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2012
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Social Change
First published:
1 January 2012
Authors:
DFID

Abstract

This policy brief provides an overview of current thinking on the gendered impacts of globalisation on employment and the policy implications of the evidence. It draws on a conducted by UNRISD (2012).

Globalisation has led to increases in female labour force participation, reducing the gap between women鈥檚 and men鈥檚 labour force participation rates. However this increase has not necessarily translated into gender equality in pay and status, as women鈥檚 entrance in the labour force has often been on unfavourable terms.

This brief focuses on four key questions:
1. How has globalisation affected the female labour force?
2. What are the constraints to improving labour market outcomes for women?
3. How does social protection affect women's living standards and economic security under conditions of globalisation?
4. What are the policy and programme implications?

Citation

DFID. Gendered Impacts of Globalization: Employment and Social Protection. DFID, London, UK (2012) 5 pp.

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