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Direct linkMaheshwari, Greeni – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the literature on women's leadership in higher education in the last 20 years. This literature review employed a systematic review of 64 articles published worldwide with 28 articles specifically published in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam. The…
Descriptors: Barriers, Females, Women Administrators, Higher Education
Download full textJutting, Johannes; Morrisson, Christian – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
While the overall picture for gender equality is still gloomy, recent changes in family institutions in some countries provide an enlightening example. Developing countries are starting to reform cultural barriers to gender equality that limit their growth prospects. Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and some states of India are some examples of countries…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Womens Education, Gender Discrimination
International Council for Adult Education, Toronto (Ontario). – 1986
This report pulls together various issues discussed during an international seminar on workers' education in Asia. It also outlines the key elements of the future program on workers' education. A presentation by Budd Hall, Secretary-General of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE), discusses the role of the council in adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Saldanha, Lynette – 1988
Information technology (IT) is a growing field in India, with many present and future job opportunities. The field offers expanding opportunities for women, especially in the services sector. Case studies of nine companies that employ a fair number of women in IT showed that, in general, women had equal opportunities with men, especially in…
Descriptors: Adults, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Employment Experience
Martens, Margaret Hosmer, Ed.; Mitter, Swasti, Ed. – 1994
This book contains a comparative survey of efforts to organize female workers in trade unions in both developing and industrialized nations and 19 case studies of efforts to organize female workers in selected occupations. The following papers are included: "A Comparative Survey" (Swasti Mitter); "The Union of Women Domestic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
International Labour Office, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1987
This report presents the work of a seminar that focused attention on the occupational segregation of men and women in developing nations in Asia. Chapters I and II give a summary of the seminar proceedings and the full text of its findings. Chapter III is devoted to five resource papers: "Diversification of Women's Occupations: A Regional…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Equal Education
Loutfi, Martha Fetherolf, Ed. – 2001
This anthology contains 22 articles published in the "International Labor Review" between 1996-2000 on many dimensions of women, gender, and work. Part I is an introduction called "Women, Gender, and Work--An Overview" (Martha F. Loutfi), sets the framework in terms of the value of work, rights, and goals. Part II on concepts…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Comparable Worth, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedAnker, Richard; Hein, Catherine – International Labour Review, 1985
Case studies provide evidence as to why Third World employers generally prefer male workers and consider certain jobs to be more suitable for men, and other jobs, much less numerous, to be more suitable for women. The authors also draw a number of distinctions between stereotype and fact. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations, Employed Women, Employer Attitudes
International Labour Office, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1975
The document presents the new international convention (with five articles or policy statements) and the formal statement of recommendations adopted by the International Labor Conference on June 23, 1975. Prepared by the International Labor Office, the instruments concern vocational guidance and vocational training in the development of human…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Developed Nations
