The Gender impact in Earnings Inequality: Evidence from Sri LankaAbstract: This paper estimates an earnings function for Sri Lanka, followed by a decomposition analysis of male-female earnings suggest that the gender disparity in earnings largely represents 'discrimination' against women. The findings ...
their employment. The social-constructs of societies worldwide have allowed for women to become subservient to men by means of unpaid work, gender biases, gender inequalities, and discrimination. These biases have long placed women in a position whereas they must carry a double burden as they.....
genderED would like to offer a heartfelt congratulations to Dr Harini Amarasuriya – 2019 IASH Nominated Fellow and former PhD Candidate in Social Anthropology – who was appointed as a Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka this Wednesday. After obtaining her PhD at University of Edinburgh in 2010,...
Principle 2– Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and non-discrimination Principle 3– Ensure the health and safety and wellbeing of all women and men workers Principle 4– Promote education, training and professional development for women ...
Goal 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 5.1 End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere 5.2 Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of ...
In reality, however, married women on the plantations experience self-denial, sacrifice and subordination in impoverished male-ruled households, even as they suffer exploitation and gender discrimination as workers in the capitalist system of plantation production. Patriarchy and the plantations, or ...
Wage discrimination was first defined as wage differences among equally productive workers in 1957 (Becker, 2009). Gender wage differentials became a central topic of interest for labor economists due to the proliferation of the use of microdata in the 1970s (Weichselbaumer and Winter-Ebmer, 2005...
It examines how gender discrimination can take place via informal networks, coalitions, and exclusions, as well as by formal arrangements in classrooms and boardrooms. Drawing on qualitative data from the five countries, Nigeria, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Uganda, and from the international...
However, continuing patriarchal institutions and structural discrimination result in women’s lower access to services and economic resources, including less control over income, fewer productive assets, lack of property rights, less access to credit, irrigation assets, climate information and seeds. This...
The defence counsel’s words obviously show his gender discrimination. Video Script: Erin:I was pulling out real slow and out of nowhere his Jaguar comes racing around the corner like a bat out of hell … They took some bone from my hip and put it in my neck. I don’t have insurance...