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By Kylie McBride, WOW! summer intern

Photographs by Natalie Elwell/World Neighbors

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Resources Utilized in the Preparation of This Brief

We recommend the following resources, a number of which were utilized in the preparation of this issue brief, as good sources for further learning on the subject of women's labor and unpaid work around the world.

 

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

The Baker Institute Energy Forum is a multifaceted program that promotes original, forward-looking discussion and research on the energy-related challenges facing our society in the 21st century.

 

The Baker Institute Energy Forum. Gender. Energy, and Society. Available online at:

http://www.rice.edu/energy/research/poverty&energy/gender/conference.html

 

International Institute for Environment and Development

The IIED is an international policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development.

 

Kanji, Nazneen and Kalyani Menon-Sen. “What Does the Feminisation of Labour Mean for Sustainable Livelihoods?” World Summit on Sustainable Development. (2001). Available online at:

http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/11006IIED.pdf

 

International Labor Organization

The ILO is devoted to advancing opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue in handling work-related issues.

 

“Global Employment Trends for Women 2007: ILO Study Warns on the Feminization of Working Poverty.” World of Work Magazine. No. 59. April 2007. Available online at:

http://www.ilo.org/wow/Newsbriefs/lang--en/WCMS_082692

 

United Nations

Various departments of the United Nations provide excellent data on women’s labor. Some of those used in making this brief include the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Children’s Fund. Please see the links below for the information used in this brief.

 

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). United Nations. Gender and Food Security. Available online at:

http://www.fao.org/Gender/gender.htm

 

Reinhardt, Erika. “Halting and Beginning to Reverse the Incidence of Malaria and Other Major Diseases.” United Nations Chronicle. Available online at:

http://www.un.org/Pubs/chronicle/2002/issue4/0402p42.html

 

United Nations Children’s Fund. Gender Equality. “The Big Picture.” Available online at:

http://www.unicef.org/gender/index_bigpicture.html

 

United Nations Development Fund for Women. Progress of the World’s Women: Women, Work, and Poverty. (2005) Available online at:

http://www.unifem.org/resources/item_detail.php?ProductID=48

 

United Nations Population Fund. State of World Population: People, Poverty and Possibilities. (2002). Available online at:

http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2002/english/ch4/page3.htm

                 

World Neighbors

Haley, Melissa. “Creating Spaces.” Neighbors: A World Neighbors Report From Around the Globe. Spring 2007.

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Elwell, Natalie. IK-Luna Women’s Group Meeting with Natalie Elwell. Santiago, Atitlán, Guatemala. July 2006.

 

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