01876cam a2200277 4500 6479 2016014128 9789385985058 (hardback : alk. paper) Dasgupta, Sukti. Transformation of women at work in Asia : an unfinished development agenda / edited by Sukti Dasgupta and Sher Singh Verick. Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016. xvi, 312 pages ; 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. CONTENTS: Cover page -- Half title page -- Marketing page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Women Labour Force Participation in Asia -- 3 At the Threshold of Economic Empowerment -- 4 Decline of Women's Labour Force Participation in India -- 5 Declining Female Employment in India -- 6 Women's Employment in Bangladesh -- 7 Factors Holding Women Back from Market Work in Sri Lanka -- 8 The Life-cycle of Women in the Labour Market in Cambodia -- 9 Women's Employment in Indonesia. 10 Women and Men in China's Labour Market -- 11 Mapping Out a Way Forward -- About the Editors and Contributors - - Index. This book examines the drivers of, and barriers to, participation of women in the Asian labour market for its socio-economic development and structural transformation. Labor market Asia. Sex discrimination in employment Asia. Women Employment Asia. Women Asia Economic conditions. Women Asia Social conditions. Women employees Asia. Dasgupta, Sukti, editor. Verick, Sher, editor. 5466 5466 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2018-11-27 10195 2 331.4 DAS 30011423 2023-09-10 00:00:00 2023-09-04 2018-11-27 MAIN