This book investigates the role of women and labour activism in Asia, demonstrating that women have been active in union and non union based campaigns throughou

This book examines the drivers of, and barriers to, participation of women in the Asian labour market for its socio-economic development and structural transfor

Despite economic growth, decreasing fertility rates, and rising education levels, women in Asia are on average 70% less likely than men to be in the labor force

Providing a full account of the role of women in union activism in Asia, covering all the major economies of the region, this book successfully challenges the p

As women overtake men in education, they are running one-third of the world's businesses. However, women business-owners are concentrated in small and microbusi