This book integrates the role of gender in girls' and women's development across the life span, looking specifically at internal and external vulnerabilities and risks, and the protective or supportive factors that facilitate effective coping, positive growth, strength and resilience. The interaction between physical, psychological, and cultural factors is integrated within each period of development. The book emphasizes how gender socialization of female development and behavior impacts self-evaluation and identity processes within various cultural groups. The authors also discusses the social roles that girls and women reflectively adopt and describe how externally induced risks such as poverty, interpersonal abuse, and violence influence a healthy development.
Belicht worden de consequenties van de bevolkingsveroudering voor de arbeidsmarkt. Nagegaan wordt of gericht beleid kan bijdragen tot oplossingen op de arbeidsmarkt. Demografisch beleid heeft beperkt effect. Gezinsbeleid kan ertoe bijdragen dat de vruchtbaarheid omhoog gaat en/of dat vrouwen makkelijker op de arbeidsmarkt kunnen participeren. Ook het aanspreken van bestaand onbenut arbeidspotentieel, zoals vrouwen allochtonen, en ouderen zal meer effect hebben.