Equality within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close—or Widen—Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide...

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Jody Heymann, M.D. Aleta Sprague

Equality within Our Lifetimes

How Laws and Policies Can Close—or Widen—Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide

Jody Heymann, M.D., Aleta Sprague, Amy Raub , Hema Swaminathan

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University of California Press
18 May 2023

Gender studies, gender groups; Politics & government; Gender & the law; Public health & preventive medicine

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Well into the twenty-first century, achieving gender equality in the economy remains unfinished business. Worldwide, women’s employment, income, and leadership opportunities lag men’s. Building and using a one-of-a-kind database that covers 193 countries, this book systematically analyzes how far we’ve come and how far we have to go in adopting evidence-based solutions to close the gaps. Spanning topics including girls’ education, employment discrimination of all kinds, sexual harassment, and caregiving needs across the life course, the authors bring the findings to life through global maps, stories of laws’ impact in courts and beyond, and case studies of making change. A powerful call to action, Equality within Our Lifetimes reveals how gender equality is both feasible and urgently needed to address some of the greatest challenges of our generation.

By: Jody Heymann M.D., Aleta Sprague, Amy Raub
Foreword by: Hema Swaminathan
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520392311
ISBN 10: 0520392310
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 18 May 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Contents List of Figures List of Tables Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Gender Discrimination at Work 3. Equal Rights at Work for Women Must Mean All Women 4. Why Ending Sexual Harassment Is Integral to Ending Gender Discrimination 5. Putting Nondiscrimination into Practice: Realizing the Promise of Gender Equality Laws 6. How Laws and Policies Reinforce Inequality in Caring for Children 7. How the Law’s Neglect of Caregiving across the Life Course Fuels Inequality 8. Education: Investing in Girls to Advance Equality Long-Term 9. Civil Society as a Powerful Source for Change 10. Achieving Gender Equality in the Economy in Our Lifetimes Index

Jody Heymann is Founding Director of the WORLD Policy Analysis Center; Distinguished Professor at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, School of Public Health, and School of Medicine; and an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. Aleta Sprague is Senior Legal Analyst at the WORLD Policy Analysis Center and an attorney with over a decade of experience working on social policy and inequality. Amy Raub is Principal Research Analyst at the WORLD Policy Analysis Center and an economist with two decades of experience working on discrimination and inequality.

Reviews for Equality within Our Lifetimes: How Laws and Policies Can Close—or Widen—Gender Gaps in Economies Worldwide

"""This volume is an essential contribution to the analysis of women’s economic equality around the world and the steps required to move closer to that important objective."" * Population and Development Review *"