Kenneth A. Loparo & K. Tijdens 
Empowering Women in Work in Developing Countries 

Presents the outcomes of a major 14-country project aimed at empowering girls and young women. Provides a discussion of their choices in life, comparing factors such as family background, health, education, employment opportunities and the use of and access to the internet.

Table of Content

List of Tables List of Graphs List of Boxes Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Demography, health and inequality: basic perspectives in life of young women Education and skills of young women Employment of young women Wages and working conditions of young women An industry outlook Governance, labour relations, union organisation – and the Internet! Perspectives for using the Internet on behalf of girls and young women: The case of the statutory minimum wage References Index

About the author

MAARTEN VAN KLAVEREN is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam – Amsterdam Institute of Advanced labour Studies (AIAS), the Netherlands, and an economist. His research interests include low-wage work and he is the co- editor of Low-Wage Work in the Netherlands (2008). He has a track record in research on multinational companies and developing countries and has also written works on mining, electronics, textiles and clothing, and on the development of Suriname, South Korea, and South Africa.
KEA TIJDENS is a researcher at the University of Amsterdam – Amsterdam Institute of Advanced labour Studies (AIAS), the Netherlands, and a professor of Women and Work, at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam. She is a sociologist and scientific coordinator of the Wage Indicator web-survey on work and wages, currently operational in 65 countries. She has coordinated several European research projects and her current research interests relate to women’s labour market re-entry, part-time work, occupational segregation, and the gender pay gap.