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Record Nr.

UNISA996517759803316

Autore

Heymann Jody

Titolo

Equality within Our Lifetimes : How Laws and Policies Can Close—or Widen—Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide / / Jody Heymann, Amy Raub, Aleta Sprague

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

9780520392304

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

342.08/5

Soggetti

Equality before the law

Equality - Economic aspects

Sex discrimination in employment

Sex discrimination - Economic aspects

LAW / Gender & the Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gender Discrimination at Work -- 3. Equal Rights at Work for Women Must Mean All Women -- 4. Why Ending Sexual Harassment Is Integral to Ending Gender Discrimination -- 5. Putting Nondiscrimination into Practice: Realizing the Promise of Gender Equality Laws -- 6. How Laws and Policies Reinforce Inequality in Caring for Children -- 7. How the Law’s Neglect of Caregiving across the Life Course Fuels Inequality -- 8. Education: Investing in Girls to Advance Equality Long-Term -- 9. Civil Society as a Powerful Source for Change -- 10. Achieving Gender Equality in the Economy in Our Lifetimes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Well into the twenty-first century, achieving gender equality in the economy remains unfinished business. Worldwide, women’s employment, income, and leadership opportunities lag men’s. Building and using a one-of-a-kind database



that covers 193 countries, this book systematically analyzes how far we’ve come and how far we have to go in adopting evidence-based solutions to close the gaps. Spanning topics including girls’ education, employment discrimination of all kinds, sexual harassment, and caregiving needs across the life course, the authors bring the findings to life through global maps, stories of laws’ impact in courts and beyond, and case studies of making change. A powerful call to action, Equality within Our Lifetimes reveals how gender equality is both feasible and urgently needed to address some of the greatest challenges of our generation.