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Empowering Women in Work in Developing Countries

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  • © 2012

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  1. Maarten Klaveren

    1. Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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  2. Kea Tijdens

    1. Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens
    Pages 1-22

  3. Demography, Health and Inequality: Basic Perspectives in the Life of Young Women

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens
    Pages 23-54

  4. Education and Skills of Young Women

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens
    Pages 55-76

  5. Employment of Young Women

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens
    Pages 77-100

  6. Wages and Working Conditions of Young Women

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens
    Pages 101-115

  7. An Industry Outlook

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens
    Pages 116-128

  8. Governance, Labour Relations, Union Organization — and the Internet

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens
    Pages 129-154

  9. Perspectives for Using the Internet on Behalf of Girls and Young Women: The Case of the Statutory Minimum Wage

    • Maarten van Klaveren, Kea Tijdens
    Pages 155-167

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 168-193
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Presents the outcomes of a major 14-country project aimed at empowering girls and young women. Provides a discussion of their choices in life, comparing factors such as family background, health, education, employment opportunities and the use of and access to the internet.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Amsterdam Institute of Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS), University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

    Maarten Klaveren, Kea Tijdens

About the authors

MAARTEN VAN KLAVEREN is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Institute of Advanced labour Studies (AIAS), the Netherlands, and an economist. His research interests include low-wage work and he is the co- editor of Low-Wage Work in the Netherlands (2008). He has a track record in research on multinational companies and developing countries and has also written works on mining, electronics, textiles and clothing, and on the development of Suriname, South Korea, and South Africa.
KEA TIJDENS is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Institute of Advanced labour Studies (AIAS), the Netherlands, and a professor of Women and Work, at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. She is a sociologist and scientific coordinator of the Wage Indicator web-survey on work and wages, currently operational in 65 countries. She has coordinated several European research projects and her current research interests relate to women's labour market re-entry, part-time work, occupational segregation, and the gender pay gap.

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