State Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, India, and the Republic of Korea, 1950-2000 : Lessons from Contrasting Experiences
The authors compare changes in gender roles and women's empowerment in China, India, and the Republic of Korea. Around 1950, these newly formed states were largely poor and agrarian, with common cultural factors that placed similar severe cons...
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okr-10986-197712021-04-23T14:03:44Z State Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, India, and the Republic of Korea, 1950-2000 : Lessons from Contrasting Experiences Das Gupta, Monica Lee, Sunhwa Uberoi, Patricia Wang, Danning Wang, Lihong Zhang, Xiaodan AGING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ALCOHOL ARRANGED MARRIAGES AUTONOMY BASIC EDUCATION CHILD CARE CLAN CRIME CULTURAL NORMS CULTURAL VALUES DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EXOGAMY FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY PLANNING FEED GENDER GENERATIONS GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEWIVES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE IDENTITY IMAGES OF WOMEN INDUSTRIALIZATION INTEGRATION INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS IRON KINSHIP LAND REFORM LAWS LEADERSHIP LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIA MIDWIFERY MORAL EDUCATION MORALITY MORTALITY MOTHERS NGOS NORMS NUTRITION OLD AGE PARENTS PATRIARCHY POLYGYNY POWER PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE SECTOR PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH REPRODUCTION RESEARCH REPORT RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLS SEX SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIETIES SOCIETY TEACHERS TRADITIONAL CULTURE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSAL EDUCATION VILLAGES VIOLENCE WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKPLACE YOUTH The authors compare changes in gender roles and women's empowerment in China, India, and the Republic of Korea. Around 1950, these newly formed states were largely poor and agrarian, with common cultural factors that placed similar severe constraints on women's autonomy. They adopted very different paths of development, which are well known to have profoundly affected development outcomes. These choices have also had a tremendous impact on gender outcomes, and today these countries show striking differences in the extent of gender equity achieved. China has achieved the most gender equity, the Republic of Korea the least. The authors conclude that: a) States can exert enormous influence over gender equity. They can mitigate cultural constraints on women's autonomy (as in China and India) or slow the pace of change in gender equity despite women's rapid integration into education, formal employment, and urbanization (as in the Republic of Korea). b) The impact of policies to provide opportunities for women's empowerment can be greatly enhanced if accompanied by communication efforts to alter cultural values that place heavy constraints on women's access to those opportunities. 2014-08-27T18:38:32Z 2014-08-27T18:38:32Z 2000-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/729387/state-policies-womens-autonomy-china-india-republic-korea-1950-2000-lessons-contrasting-experiences http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19771 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 2497 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific South Asia China India Korea, Republic of |
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AGING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ALCOHOL ARRANGED MARRIAGES AUTONOMY BASIC EDUCATION CHILD CARE CLAN CRIME CULTURAL NORMS CULTURAL VALUES DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EXOGAMY FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY PLANNING FEED GENDER GENERATIONS GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEWIVES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE IDENTITY IMAGES OF WOMEN INDUSTRIALIZATION INTEGRATION INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS IRON KINSHIP LAND REFORM LAWS LEADERSHIP LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIA MIDWIFERY MORAL EDUCATION MORALITY MORTALITY MOTHERS NGOS NORMS NUTRITION OLD AGE PARENTS PATRIARCHY POLYGYNY POWER PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE SECTOR PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH REPRODUCTION RESEARCH REPORT RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLS SEX SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIETIES SOCIETY TEACHERS TRADITIONAL CULTURE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSAL EDUCATION VILLAGES VIOLENCE WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKPLACE YOUTH |
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AGING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE ALCOHOL ARRANGED MARRIAGES AUTONOMY BASIC EDUCATION CHILD CARE CLAN CRIME CULTURAL NORMS CULTURAL VALUES DECISION MAKING DEVELOPMENT POLICIES DISCRIMINATION DIVORCE EMPLOYMENT ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLLMENT RATES EXOGAMY FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY PLANNING FEED GENDER GENERATIONS GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH SERVICES HOUSEHOLDS HOUSEWIVES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE IDENTITY IMAGES OF WOMEN INDUSTRIALIZATION INTEGRATION INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS IRON KINSHIP LAND REFORM LAWS LEADERSHIP LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS MALES MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGES MARRIED WOMEN MASS COMMUNICATION MEDIA MIDWIFERY MORAL EDUCATION MORALITY MORTALITY MOTHERS NGOS NORMS NUTRITION OLD AGE PARENTS PATRIARCHY POLYGYNY POWER PREGNANCY PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIVATE SECTOR PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH REPRODUCTION RESEARCH REPORT RETIREMENT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL WOMEN SCHOOLS SEX SEXUAL INTERCOURSE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIETIES SOCIETY TEACHERS TRADITIONAL CULTURE TRAINING PROGRAMS UNIVERSAL EDUCATION VILLAGES VIOLENCE WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKPLACE YOUTH Das Gupta, Monica Lee, Sunhwa Uberoi, Patricia Wang, Danning Wang, Lihong Zhang, Xiaodan State Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, India, and the Republic of Korea, 1950-2000 : Lessons from Contrasting Experiences |
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The authors compare changes in gender
roles and women's empowerment in China, India, and the
Republic of Korea. Around 1950, these newly formed states
were largely poor and agrarian, with common cultural factors
that placed similar severe constraints on women's
autonomy. They adopted very different paths of development,
which are well known to have profoundly affected development
outcomes. These choices have also had a tremendous impact on
gender outcomes, and today these countries show striking
differences in the extent of gender equity achieved. China
has achieved the most gender equity, the Republic of Korea
the least. The authors conclude that: a) States can exert
enormous influence over gender equity. They can mitigate
cultural constraints on women's autonomy (as in China
and India) or slow the pace of change in gender equity
despite women's rapid integration into education,
formal employment, and urbanization (as in the Republic of
Korea). b) The impact of policies to provide opportunities
for women's empowerment can be greatly enhanced if
accompanied by communication efforts to alter cultural
values that place heavy constraints on women's access
to those opportunities. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Das Gupta, Monica Lee, Sunhwa Uberoi, Patricia Wang, Danning Wang, Lihong Zhang, Xiaodan |
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Das Gupta, Monica Lee, Sunhwa Uberoi, Patricia Wang, Danning Wang, Lihong Zhang, Xiaodan |
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Das Gupta, Monica |
| title |
State Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, India, and the Republic of Korea, 1950-2000 : Lessons from Contrasting Experiences |
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State Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, India, and the Republic of Korea, 1950-2000 : Lessons from Contrasting Experiences |
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State Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, India, and the Republic of Korea, 1950-2000 : Lessons from Contrasting Experiences |
| title_fullStr |
State Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, India, and the Republic of Korea, 1950-2000 : Lessons from Contrasting Experiences |
| title_full_unstemmed |
State Policies and Women's Autonomy in China, India, and the Republic of Korea, 1950-2000 : Lessons from Contrasting Experiences |
| title_sort |
state policies and women's autonomy in china, india, and the republic of korea, 1950-2000 : lessons from contrasting experiences |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/11/729387/state-policies-womens-autonomy-china-india-republic-korea-1950-2000-lessons-contrasting-experiences http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19771 |
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