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From Poveerty to Power
Caroline Sweetman
FEMINIST ECONOMICS
"This paper argues that
orthodox economics fails to capture the costs and values attached to unpaid
productive and reproductive work, much of which is undertaken by women.
Where women enter the paid economy
as workers, this devaluation of their skills is reflected in their low wages
and low bargaining power. When conventional analysis informs policy-making,
impacts on the unpaid, reproductive sphere are ignored.
This paper gives several examples of
how, by failing to recognise this, economic policies may exacerbate poverty and
conflict within households - ultimately undermining both gender equality and
development.
The challenge is to develop and
mainstream analytical tools that reflect the different economic contributions
that men and women make. This depends in turn on wider efforts to recognise
gender equity as a key instrument in economic development, as well as an
intrinsic good."
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