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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Heymann, Jody, 1959- author (author), Sprague, Aleta, author, Raub, Amy, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press 2023.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009728340006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 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.