Sweatshop working – not all it seems
Mirjam Muller is a feminist philosopher based in Berlin with a very practical bent: the ethics of sweatshops where most of the clothes we wear are made by women in …
Sweatshop working – not all it seems Read MoreTag: female labour participation
Women-led fish farming in Colombia becomes alternative to drug crops
The Amazon rainforest in southern Colombia stretches lush and green across the horizon, but beneath its dense canopy lies a shifting reality. The southern province of Putumayo – a remote …
Women-led fish farming in Colombia becomes alternative to drug crops Read More
Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics 2023
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Monday awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, more commonly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics, …
Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in Economics 2023 Read More
Green through a feminist lens
Katy Wiese argues that the US has pointed the way to an economy that is just and fair to people and nature, and Europe now should go the distance. Feminist …
Green through a feminist lens Read More
A woman’s place in India
Mehak Majeed tells of the race against expectations that female Indian academics must run. As an economist at a Kashmir-based university in India, I have experienced first hand the cost …
A woman’s place in India Read More
India’s Female Labour Participation Rate Falls to 16.1% As Pandemic Hits Job Sector
Female labour participation rate in India fell to 16.1% during the July-September 2020 quarter, the lowest among the major economies, a government report said, reflecting the impact of pandemic and a widening job crisis. The percentage of women …
India’s Female Labour Participation Rate Falls to 16.1% As Pandemic Hits Job Sector Read More