indicators only partially capture the elements of gender equality, the chapter introduces fi ve complementary indicators that provide a more complete and nuanced description of gender equality and women’s empowerment. The indicators are measurable, actionable, and parsimonious; three of the fi ve build on existing measures of other MDGs, so the data requirements for monitoring them are not oner...

Several strands in the international development of taxation during last decades have contributed to structural problems that act as a hinder and even counteract basis for gender equality. A general problem is tax equity has become equivalent what good economic growth. When social justice no longer plays part policy concern, welfare state erodes. The income gap becomes extremely large, poverty ...

Because the Israeli kibbutz is innovative in collective ownership, production, consumption, and child care, and in part also because it is erroneously assumed to have once had a gender-egalitarian ideology and structure, it is taken to be a valid test case for many theories explaining or justifying gender inequality or gender equality. This article argues that the kibbutz cannot serve as a test...

ABSTRAKPenelitian ini mengkaji kedudukan wanita Bali dalam perkawinan Hindu di ditinjau dari Undang-Undang Republik Indonesia No. 7 Tahun 1984 dan perwujudan kesetaraan bagi warga negara Indonesia. Tujuan penelitian adalah untuk melakukan kajian tentang perlindungan hak-hak perempuan Bali. Alasan dilakukannya karena ketidaksetaraan gender antara laki-laki masyarakat patriarki. Penelitian menggu...