POLS 2080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Observational Error, Arab Spring, Ester Boserup
9 Dec 2015
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Because women are disproportionately affected by underdevelopment and make up 70% of the worlds poorest. Yet, we should void falling into the trap of seeing women as perennial victims in development. Women in the global south are not a homogeneous entity: but women and men are in fact very unequal. Hdi = [health/life expectance life expectancy at birth][education] [standard of living gross national income per capita] Published by undp (united nations development program) Gii = [reproductive health maternal mortality; adolescent fertility] [empowerment parliamentary representation; educational attainment][labour market labour force participation] Have to be wary with numbers because there isn"t really a public. What do you see: statistic about teenage pregnancy or something: high gender inequality, all are in the to 25 of the gii. Norway as it is number 1 for hgi is number 5 for gii, Another trend when it comes to gender inequality.
