Engaging gender equality in the economic-productive sphere

Beatriz Muriel Hernández and Daniela Romero Romay ()
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Daniela Romero Romay: Associate Researcher of INESAD

No 03/2024, Development Research Working Paper Series from Institute for Advanced Development Studies

Abstract: This study reviews the conceptual framework of the economic-productive sphere and of gender equality, the aim of which is to establish theoretical-practical lines allowing progress in engaging these two spheres. In this context, equality in opportunities and in rights can be harmonized, though equality of “responsibilities, resources and retribution” by gender are more difficult to reconcile. Also, women’s (economic) empowerment – seen as a way of promoting gender equality – possesses a degree of relation with the theory of growth and wellbeing when an individual has the role of consumer, for which “capabilities” are needed for selecting valuable “functionings”. However, when such a woman takes on the role of worker, producer or businesswoman, her seeking of a high level of economic-productive performance does not imply that she is empowered, nor does the latter imply the former; though there may be a positive correlation between the two. On this basis, economic-productive interventions may harmonize with equality of opportunities by gender.

Keywords: Economic Growth; Social Well-being; Gender; Gender Equality; Empowerment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D63 J16 J29 J39 J83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2024-02
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