Asia The importance of female workers for India’s future economic growth January 28, 2020 0 Image Credit: Female health workers in India by CDC Global/Flickr; licence CC BY 2.0. Written by Ankita Shree. The Indian economy is going through a difficult phase, considering its much-vaunted…
Asia The Women’s Reservation Bill in India: Participation and representation May 24, 2019 0 Written by Ankita Shree. Image credit: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. The Indian parliamentary elections of 2019 mark one of the biggest democratic elections…
Asia Patriarchy in practice: The predicament of women in Pakistani society May 21, 2019 0 Written by Omaima Lone Image credit: Ithmus/Flickr, Licence CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Some fourteen centuries ago, the religion of Islam pronounced men and women as being equals.…
China Inequality in China: Population Counts and Spatial Price Differences, September 13, 2018 1 Written by John Gibson A common perception is that economic inequality in China has risen during the reform era that began in 1978. This claim…
Inequality Growth with Equity: The Case of Vietnam September 10, 2018 0 Written by Brian McCaig, Dwayne Benjamin and Loren Brandt Many initially poor countries have grown quickly, frequently accompanied by rising inequality, over the past 30-40 years;…
Culture and Society Inequality in China and the impact on women’s rights March 21, 2015 1 Written by Eileen Otis. In 1995, China hosted the Fourth World Conference on Women, which produced the Beijing Platform for Action, a document outlining concrete…
