Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Mothers' contribution to the economy ignored, feminist economist says

A female economist who analysed women's working rights 23 years ago feels depressed by the "lack of progress since [Kate] Sheppard's day".

In her new book Hopes Dashed? The Economics of Gender Inequality, Prue Hyman expresses her upset in the Government for continuing to undervalue motherhood in economic calculations and policy making. 

​In comparing her 1994 book Women and Economics: A New Zealand Feminist Perspective with her 2017 release, Hyman said that the current Government, including the Ministry for Women, "demonstrates too rosy a view of past gains and future challenges [for womens rights]". 

from
http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/90042733/Mothers-contribution-to-the-economy-ignored-feminist-economist-says

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