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Abstracts for
August 30 , 2003
Feminist Scholarship and Society.....
Feminism, Activism and Society
Gender, History Education .....
Gender and Schooling:
Implications .....
The Male Marginalisation
thesis revisited.....
Challenging Gender Privileging:.....
Fatherhood in Risk Environments....

Men and Women in Love:
A changing Conjugality...

Caribbean Masculinities and Femininities:.....

Gender Politics and Media Production
Masculinity, the Political Economy of the Body.....
"Mama, Is that You?": Erotic Disguise .....
Shake that 'Booty' in Jesus' Name.....
Gender Dimensions of Social Capital...
Gender, Equity and Livelihoods .....
Women and Work: Policy Implications.....
The Challenge of Gender and the labour market ....
The Environment: Prospects .....
Female Emancipation and the Sewing Machine
‘Women and Work: Policy Implications of ILO Conventions’
 

One of the challenges of Gender in the 21st Century has been the debate over the issue of women and work. The Centre for Gender and Development Studies has contributed to this debate through research, publication and the teaching of courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. An important gap that needs to be addressed, especially in the context of globalisation, is the development of policy to ensure consistency with international labour standards. The paper examines Conventions adopted by the International Labour Organisation, a tripartite organisation that has addressed the needs of governments, private sector and trade unions. In examining a vision for the 21st Century as it relates to Caribbean women workers, the paper seeks to 'push the boundaries' by arguing an expansion of policies to provide greater protection for women workers as well as encouraging Caribbean countries to increase the rate of their ratification of ILO Conventions. The paper therefore links the region to the international struggle for the adoption, use and application of international standards.

The paper examines the range and scope of work done by Caribbean women workers and challenges posed by women's need to balance their productive and reproductive roles. It also examines Key ILO Conventions developed to protect the rights of women workers; Caribbean countries' ratification of the main ILO; Conventions, and Policy implications of a select number of ILO.

 

 
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