Human Development in South Asia 2000 The Gender Question

by Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre

• ISBN13: 9780195795080
• ISBN10: 0195795083
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-01-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Human Development in South Asia 2000 gives an in-depth analyses of legal, economic, educational, health and governance issues affecting women and girls. The Report also includes a chapter on a conceptual framework to understand the issues from the perspective of the region's culture andtradition.

Table of Contents

Overview	1	(8)
Human Development in South Asia at the dawn of the 21st century	9	(14)
Economic progress	10	(1)
Progress in the political sphere	11	(2)
Progress in social sectors	13	(1)
Poverty and human deprivation	14	(3)
Systemic governance crises	17	(2)
Regional Cooperation	19	(2)
Progress and challenges: their impact on South Asian women	21	(2)
Women and Gender in South Asia	23	(12)
Sex, gender, and women's issues	24	(3)
WID, GAD, and rights-based development	27	(2)
Feminism(s)	29	(1)
Diversity---in theory and practice	30	(3)
`South Asian women'---a useful category?	33	(2)
Women in South Asia: Beyond Beijing	35	(16)
South Asia's response to its Beijing commitments	39	(1)
Gendered indicators of development	40	(3)
Balance sheets of progress and challenges	43	(8)
Women and the Economy	51	(24)
Statistical invisibility of women in national income accounts	52	(4)
South Asian women in the labour force	56	(1)
Women's labour force patterns	57	(1)
Women in agriculture: more work, less pay	58	(2)
Women in the informal sector	60	(2)
Women in the formal sector	62	(2)
Female-male wage-rate differentials in the formal sector	64	(1)
Women and micro credit	65	(2)
Globalization and its impact on women	67	(3)
Annex tables: Distribution of labour force by gender	70	(5)
Women and the Law	75	(28)
The reality of constitutional provisions	78	(1)
Gender discrimination in law and practice	79	(20)
Women and personal laws	79	(12)
Criminal law and violence against women	91	(8)
Labour and service legislation	99	(4)
Education of Girls and Women	103	(14)
Constraints to girls' education	105	(3)
Impact of education	108	(2)
Women's access to vocational and technical education	110	(2)
Women's access to higher education	112	(2)
Gender gaps in higher education by field of study	114	(1)
Government commitments to education for all	115	(2)
Health of Girls and Women	117	(18)
Missing women	119	(1)
Gender discrepancies in life expectancies	120	(1)
The beginnings of a life of neglect---young girls in South Asia	121	(3)
Nutritional challenges faced by South Asian women and girls	124	(3)
Women's reproductive health	127	(4)
Beyond the International Conference on Population and Development	131	(4)
Gender and Governance	135	(32)
Women in governing institutions	136	(6)
Women in local governance	142	(3)
Female participation in political parties	145	(5)
Women in the judiciary	150	(4)
Women in the civil service	154	(3)
Women in economic management	157	(2)
Women in civil society	159	(8)
Towards Gender Equality in South Asia	167	(12)
Women's movements in South Asia	169	(1)
An agenda for equality of women with men	170	(5)
Equality under the law	171	(1)
Equality of access to capability building	172	(2)
Equality of economic opportunity	174	(1)
Equality in governance	174	(1)
Implementing an agenda for equality: the institutional imperative	175	(2)
Civil society for women's equality	177	(1)
Relations between women and men	178	(1)
Bibliographic Note	179	(1)
References	180	(11)
Statistical Profile of Gender in South Asia	191	(10)
Human Development Indicators for South Asia	201	(16)
Key to Indicators	217