What Promotes Advancements? Rights, freedoms, laws Changes in social attitudes Level of education matters Family size matters Dev. programs may help (or hinder) Opportunities matter Work Training More access- banking, mobile phones ¤
Challenges to Development Social norms persist Stay at home, social status Spousal, village leader consent Jobs go to men 1st Kids suffer if women work ♀ work rates decline w/ growth Domestic duties Harder to work in cities than rural areas May want to work, but lack opportunities ♀ more educated ¤
Challenges (cont.) Outdated labor laws Maternity leave Little political attention, representation Public safety concerns Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Banking challenges ¤
Recap Economic need pushes ♀ into work Patriarchal norms reinforced Need gender equality for development Need development for gender equality Economic need pushes ♀ into work Data collection, programs gender-biased ¤