This study examines the effects of economic globalization on gender wage inequality. A theory of global economic restructuring and its impact on the quality of women’s work suggests that national integration into the world economy through trade liberalization significantly expands women’s access to income but does not necessarily remove barriers to women’s advancement or ameliorate the predomin...

Is the high degree of gender inequality in developing countries—in education, personal autonomy, and more—explained by underdevelopment itself? Or do the societies that are poor today hold certain cultural views that lead to gender inequality? This article discusses several mechanisms through which gender gaps narrow as countries grow. I argue that although much of the GDP/gender-inequality rel...

Domestic violence and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are problems of great public health worldwide, especially sub-Saharan Africa and much of the developing countries. This is due to their far reaching social, economic and public health consequences. The two problems have gender inequality and gender power imbalances as the driving force behind the "epidemics". HIV infection is ma...

The myth of workplace harassment and gender inequality is widely accepted. Since ancient times, it has also been common practice for people, particularly women, to be treated differently from males even when they both perform the same task. Women have experienced prejudice in a variety contexts, only one them. may manifest as lower-paying position due sex, frequent unfair treatment, being passe...

The main aim of this work consists on a methodological proposal to represent and measure gender inequality in academia, focusing the University Padua. In order reach our goal, we ended up with two different complementary tools: system indicators composite indicator, that called Gender INequality Indicator for Academia (GINIA). Data used build compute GINIA Padua come both from administrative da...