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The Elusive Agenda: Mainstreaming Women in Development
A report in 1975 by the International Labour Organisation(ILO) caught world attention by pointing out that while âwomen and girls constitute one-half of the worldâs population and one third of the official labour forceâ and âperform nearly two-thirds of work hoursâ, they âreceive only one-tenth of the worldâs income and less than one-hundredth of the worldâs property.â Nearly twenty years later, a report by the United Nations-UNDPâs Human Development Report 1994âfound that, despite advances in labour-force participation, education and health, women still constitute about two-thirds of the worldâs illiterates, hold fewer than half of the jobs on the market and are paid half as much as men for work of equal value. Women make up only about 10 percent of the worldâs parliamentarians and less than 4 percent of cabinet members. The report concludes that âin no society are women secure or treated equallyâ. The unmistakable achievements in areas like education and health show that progress is possible, but the continued disparities in others such as income and decision-making indicate that there is still a long way to go. However, the statistical evidence about continued disparities should not detract us from recognising the major achievements of the last two decades. There has been a sea-change in knowledge and awareness. Affirmative action policies have been introduced. Special measures have been designed to remove barriers to womenâs participation. Womenâs voices are stronger than ever. And women are increasingly learning to take control of their own lives and bring their perspective to bear on decisions affecting their communities, nations, and the planet. These changes in awareness, expertise, policies, laws and womenâs voice were brought about by the efforts of many different actors-womenâs movements as well as national governments and international donor organisations.
The Elusive Agenda: Mainstreaming Women in Development
A report in 1975 by the International Labour Organisation(ILO)
caught world attention by pointing out that while âwomen and girls
constitute one-half of the worldâs population and one third of the
official labour forceâ and âperform nearly two-thirds of work hoursâ,
they âreceive only one-tenth of the worldâs income and less than
one-hundredth of the worldâs property.â1 Nearly twenty years later, a
report by the United Nations-UNDPâs Human Development Report 1994âfound
that, despite advances in labour-force participation, education and
health, women still constitute about two-thirds of the worldâs
illiterates, hold fewer than half of the jobs on the market and are paid
half as much as men for work of equal value. Women make up only about 10
percent of the worldâs parliamentarians and less than 4 percent of
cabinet members. The report concludes that âin no society are women
secure or treated equallyâ.
Commentary: sustaining progress towards comprehensive reproductive health services in Bangladesh
This article was published in Global Public Health [© 2015 Routledge] and the definite version is available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441692.2014.986164Publishe