Industrial change and women's employment :Trends in the new international division of labour
İÇİNDEKİLERTABLE OF CONTENTSPreface InTroduction A. The new industrial orGanisation and its impact on women workers 1. Relocation of industry from developed to developinG countries Women workers in export-processing zones (EPZs) 5. Employment Partners outside EPZs. Women workers and the informal sector of production 1. Quantitative aspects of women's employment in industry. Analysis of statistical evidence by regions and country groupings 2. Trends in female industrial employment, 1960-80 Consequences of the industrialisation process for women as workers and as consumers 1. Benefits for women as workers. i. Industrial employment and income generation Earnings Women's earnings in manufacturing: real wage trendsMale and female earnings differentials in manufacturing Social benefits Fringe benefits ii. Working conditions Hours of work Part-time work. Peripheral forms of employment Occupational safety and health iii. Occupational status of women in indus try Vertical occupational segregation Women with an independent or decision-making status Women in management iv. Women and trade unions. 2. Consequences of the industrialisation process for women as consumers D. Possibilities and prospects of improving women's role in industry 1. Improvement of the quantitative and qualitative aspects of women's employment in industry i. The advantages of expanding women's employment opportunities in industry... Women workers in the formal sector of manufacturing Women workers in the informal sector of goods production in urban and rural areas Own-account workers ii. Improvement of the relative level of women's earnings and other income from work iii. Improvement of women's working conditions2. Concrete measures for improving women's role and situation in industry i. Legislative measures ii. Access to education and training iii. Adjustment of measures to local resources and conditions 3. The role of public sector employment for women workers E. Conclusions 1. Women's participation in industry: findings of the study 2. Women's contribution to industrialisation and to the development process Appendix Bibliography.  |
