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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"gender division of labour"”.
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Exploring gender division of labour within households: the case of Schoemansdal Village in Nkomazi Local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
One of the most pressing issues contributing to the persistence of gender inequality is the gendered division of domestic labour. Women still carry out more domestic labour than men. Housework is shared quite unequally among most married couples. Work performed directly in the service of families …
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A gender analysis of the triple burden of production, reproduction and community service in the Rehoboth constituency
There has been no research on gender roles and the triple burden of women in the Rehoboth area. Yet women in Rehoboth as many elsewhere are faced with socially ascribed roles in production, reproduction and community. This research seeks to explore and understand the gender division of labour and …
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A sociological analysis of gender in Marxist theory
… payed far too little attention to the influence of the gender division of labour on social structure. Consequently, Marxism has been unable to place women's exploitation within a general framework of exploitation, objectification and domination. In an attempt to overcome this shortcoming, I …
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Unmasking the Institutionalization of Gender-based Violence in Ontario’s Kindergarten Education Program: The Hidden Effects of Play-based Learning
… and methodology to examine the hidden gendered effects of Ontario’s kindergarten education reform. Ontario’s new kindergarten education program is considered to be unique within the Canadian context as it mandates full-day play-based learning for four- and five-year-old children. …
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Wages, employment, and technological change in English cotton spinning, c.1780-1850
The three most famous spinning inventions of the Industrial Revolution – the spinning jenny (1764), the water frame (1769), and the spinning mule (1779) – have attracted considerable scholarly attention. This thesis analyses newly digitised wage books from cotton spinning firms that used these …
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Gendered Devotions to Work and Family: Implications for Work/Family Conflict among Ghanaian Professionals
This thesis contends that the gendered nature of Ghanaian institutions of work and family, together with the traditional gender division of labour, gender ideologies and gender accountability in Ghana produces gendered devotions to work and family. These gendered devotions shape the work/family …
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Social inequality, reproductive health and child development : a Chhattisgarh village study
… continues to bear a disproportionate share of the global undernutrition burden. Indian children do particularly poorly in the foundational foetal stage and in the first three years, and public programmes are especially ineffective in reaching this group. While it is recognised that …
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The gender landscape of the Taiwanese public-sector labour market
This thesis examines the interplay between gender, family, and the Taiwanese public-sector labour market at national, local, and individual levels. It focuses on gendered occupational segregation, worker mobility in terms of job transfers and promotion, everyday work–life arrangements, and the …
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Hidden power: gender relations in export-oriented tasks and access to resources for Uganda's horticulture sector
The aim of the study is to investigate gender relations in the production and export marketing of horticulture produce in Uganda. The study uses gender as an analytical tool in critiquing the Neoliberal reforms that advocate trade liberalization. This is done through examining the construction and …