Women and Work in Asia and the Pacific

Experiences, challenges and ways forward

Marian Baird, Rae Cooper, Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Marian Baird, Rae Cooper, Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly

• Publisher: Massey University Press
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781991016324
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Gender Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Working women everywhere face discrimination. Inequality and lack of inclusion is reinforced through regulation, policy, behaviours and attitudes. Although there has been progress in some countries, gender equality at work has yet to be achieved by any nation.

This in-depth study examines the challenges faced by working women, their families and communities in ten countries throughout Asia and the Pacific: Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Fiji, Pakistan and the Philippines. Informed by the work of senior academics, policy-makers and community group representatives, and with a foreword by Elizabeth Broderick AO, independent expert, for the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls, United Nations Human Rights Council, working women's experiences are described and analysed within a framework of four themes: demography, globalisation, technological development and sustainability.

Drawing on this wide range of qualitative and quantitative evidence, the authors set out recommendations for co-ordinated and context-sensitive responses specific to each country to improve the working lives of women and girls.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword—Elizabeth Broderick
• Introduction: Working women in Asia Pacific—Jane Parker, Marian Baird, Noelle Donnelly and Rae Cooper
• 1. Working women in Aotearoa New Zealand—Jane Parker and Noelle Donnelly
• 2. Working women in Australia—Marian Baird, Rae Cooper and Daniel Dinale
• 3. Working women in Japan—Shingou Ikeda and Kazufumi Sakai
• Japan in focus: Working women and men’s changing family responsibilities—Shingou Ikeda and Kazufumi Sakai
• 4. Working women in China—Huiping Xian
• 5. Working women in Cambodia—Kristy Ward and Michele Ford
• 6. Working women in India—Vibhuti Patel
• India in focus: Women, technology and the future of work—Binitha V. Thampi
• 7. Working women in Sri Lanka—Kasuni Weerasinghe and Thilini Meegaswatta
• 8. Working women in Fiji—Natalia D’Souza
• 9. Working women in Pakistan—Fatima Junaid and Afia Saleem
• 10. Working women in the Philippines—Daisy Arago, Jane Brock and Peter Brock
• The Philippines in focus: Breaking-in — union women and young leaders—Cedric Bagtas
• References
• About the contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright