Maria S. Floro and Mieke Meurs argue that the changes in labor markets and labor relations, and the reduction of spending for social protection has worsened women’s access to decent work. Accordingly, women shoulder the double burden of paid and reproductive work - a drawback that could be solved by social policy that enables men and women to balance both their paid and reproductive work responsibilities.

DoG Occasional Paper No. 43, FES Berlin, June 2009

The State of the World's Children 2009 examines critical issues in maternal and neonatal health. It explains why support for the rights of women and children is a prerequisite for improving maternal and newborn health, emphasizes the need to establish effective continua of care and outlines ways to strengthen health systems.

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'In Uzbekistan, as in many other CIS countries, the growing rural population has tried to compensate for poor access to non-agricultural employment by seeking temporary, informal employment in cities.'

Article from Development and Transition, a joint publication of UNDP and the London School of Economics. The issue is devoted to ‘Gender In Transition ’, to understand how transition and development affect women and men differently.

'Discrimination in the workplace remains an important factor in explaining women’s inferior social status. With Poland’s May 2004 accession to the European Union, amendments to the country’s labour code both defined and prohibited direct and indirect discrimination in employment.'

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'Both women and men have been affected by Poland’s transformation, but women have been disproportionately affected by job loss, unemployment, impoverishment, and gender discrimination. Emigration has enabled women to find new work opportunities across Europe as cleaners, nannies, care workers, and nurses. While this is a ‘success story’ of sorts, the exodus of young women is depleting Poland of its mothers and daughters and large swathes of human and social capital.'

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