Gender inequalities: neglected dimensions and hidden facets
By: Agarwal, Bina.
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ArticlePublisher: 2004Description: p.129-49.Subject(s): Women
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Review of Development and ChangeSummary: Gender Inequality is a vast subject on which much has been written. But many dimensions remain relatively neglected or hidden, such as inequalities in command over property, and social perceptions and social norms. The former constitutes a significant ideological form. In turn, both aspects can interactively create new inequalities, such as being observed in emergent institutions for environmental resource management. Inequality can thus be in the process of constant recreation unless steps are taken to mitigate them. Moreover, these inequalities are simultaneously constituted and contested in several arenas: the family, the community, the market, and the state. The paper outlines the "bargaining framework" as a promising analytical approach for examining the possibilities of change, and focuses on some of the factors that could enhance women's bargaining power within these arenas. - Reproduced.
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 9, Issue no: 2 | Available | AR64879 |
Gender Inequality is a vast subject on which much has been written. But many dimensions remain relatively neglected or hidden, such as inequalities in command over property, and social perceptions and social norms. The former constitutes a significant ideological form. In turn, both aspects can interactively create new inequalities, such as being observed in emergent institutions for environmental resource management. Inequality can thus be in the process of constant recreation unless steps are taken to mitigate them. Moreover, these inequalities are simultaneously constituted and contested in several arenas: the family, the community, the market, and the state. The paper outlines the "bargaining framework" as a promising analytical approach for examining the possibilities of change, and focuses on some of the factors that could enhance women's bargaining power within these arenas. - Reproduced.
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