Women's Rights in Development

Kerr, Joanna

doi:10.1057/palgrave.development.1100220

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“…Past studies reveal evidence of intolerance toward women. For example, Kerr (2006) argued that economic development has marginalized women while Horton (1999) considers economic development improving women's welfare. Boserup (1970) argued that discrimination against women increases as a result of the growth process; women get excluded from participating in the modern sector.…”

Section: Tolerance From a Modern Economics Disciplinementioning

confidence: 99%

Measures of tolerance and economic prosperity

Gani

2015

International Journal of Social Economics

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how a wide range of measures of tolerance, considered from social and institutional perspective relate to growth in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical framework is based on a growth regression equation with a specification that is common in the growth literature. The estimation includes the generalized least squares, fixed and random effects methods. The empirical analysis is based on cross-country data from a sample of countries from the OECD. Findings – The findings on social measures of tolerance provide strong support that OECD countries are tolerant toward migrants and women’s participation in economic activities and national policy making. The findings also provide evidence that political rights, civil liberties and rule of law as indicators of institutional tolerance, are strongly associated with growth. Practical implications – The findings presented here from OECD countries lead to the conclusion that tolerance matters for the prosperity of nations. The findings of this study have policy implications beyond the OECD countries and particularly relevant to the developing economies. Originality/value – This paper makes a new empirical contribution to the tolerance literature.

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Section: Tolerance From a Modern Economics Disciplinementioning

confidence: 99%

Measures of tolerance and economic prosperity

Gani

2015

International Journal of Social Economics

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“…Firstly, the realization of rights is in their enjoyment; a formal recognition of an entitlement unrealized for individual, social, political, or economic reasons is not the enjoyment of the right. Such obstacles may be the result of structural patterns or individual circumstances against the backdrop 25 (Vargas 2006;Kerr 2006;Enslin and Tjiattas 2006;Croll 2006;Cornwall and Molyneux 2006;Bradshaw 2006;CorrÍa 2005;Chen 2005;Uvin 2004). 26 (Petchesky 2003).…”

Section: Universal Human Rights Enjoymentmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…21 They are reaching to delegitimize colonial legacies of race, 22 heteronormativity, gender, and other systems of privilege and discrimination. No one reaches for 15 The argument might be applied specifically to the field of development, global health, or gender and political participation (Vargas 2006;Kerr 2006;Enslin and Tjiattas 2006;Croll 2006;Cornwall and Molyneux 2006;Bradshaw 2006;CorrÍa 2005;Chen 2005;Uvin 2004). For a way of measuring rights enjoyment for the purposes of statistical political science of human rights enjoyment see Ackerly and Jose Miguel Cruz (2010 GAOR, 34th Sess., Supp.…”

Section: Universal Human Rights Enjoymentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Human Rights Enjoyment in Theory and Activism

Ackerly

2010

Hum Rights Rev

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Despite being a seemingly straightforward moral concept (that all humans have certain rights by virtue of their humanity), human rights is a contested concept in theory and practice. Theorists debate (among other things) the meaning of "rights," the priority of rights, whether collective rights are universal, the foundations of rights, and whether there are universal human rights at all. These debates are of relatively greater interest to theorists; however, a given meaning of "human rights" implies a corresponding theory of change and through that can be an important guide to the practice of human rights activists and their funders. In practice, any organization can describe their work as "rights based." This article clarifies the practices of human rights activists and their funders that are consistent with a theory of human rights as (1) universal, (2) interdependent across groups and categories of people, (3) indivisible across issue areas and claims, and (4) measured by the enjoyment of rights.

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“…Refl ections on and celebrations of the progress made by women and in gender relations in recent decades are always tempered by the realisation that change is never linear, and that current circumstances and trends are full of intractable problems and new threats (Kerr 2006).…”

Section: 'Gender Talk Is Everywhere'mentioning

confidence: 99%

Deconstructing Development Discourse: Buzzwords and Fuzzwords

Marsden

2011

Development in Practice

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The uncertain relationship between transparency and accountability Jonathan Fox 25. Corruption Elizabeth Harrison 26. 'Good governance': the itinerary of an idea Thandika Mkandawire 27. The discordant voices of security Robin Luckham 28. Fragile states Eghosa E. Osaghae 29. 'Knowledge management': a case study of the World Bank's Research Department Robin Broad Coda Deborah Eade Index Preface Deborah Eade 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.' 'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-that's all.' (Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, 1871) Winnie-the-Pooh sat down at the foot of the tree, put his head between his paws, and began to think. First of all he said to himself: 'That buzzing noise means something. You don't get a buzzing noise like that, just buzzing and buzzing, without its meaning something.' (A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, 1926) x DECONSTRUCTING DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE children's books and poems, cannot conceivably be regarded as universal or even 'great' authors. But while not universal, they nevertheless form part of the 'globalised' culture of Walt Disney, Inc., albeit in saccharine animated cartoon versions that bear little relation to the original texts and wonderful illustrations. References

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Women's Rights in Development

Cited by 5 publications

References 28 publications

Measures of tolerance and economic prosperity

Measures of tolerance and economic prosperity

Human Rights Enjoyment in Theory and Activism

Deconstructing Development Discourse: Buzzwords and Fuzzwords

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