Neglecting Reproductive Labor: A Critical Review of Gender Equality Indices

IF 1.7 3区社会学 Q2 SOCIAL ISSUES

Social Politics Pub Date : 2021-05-11 DOI:10.1093/SP/JXAB009

Caitlin B. Schmid

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Abstract:Gender equality indices are increasingly influential tools used for governance and knowledge production. This article evaluates the adequacy of the seventeen existing multi-dimensional gender equality indices and shows that all but one neglect unpaid reproductive labor to varying degrees. The empirical analysis offers three lessons for these indices' improvement. First, that it is possible to measure the gendered division of unpaid reproductive labor using gender equality indices. Second, that data availability need not compromise the coherence of the indices' frameworks. Finally, that indices can reduce the overbearing emphasis on quantitative indicators in governance by complementing their findings with qualitative analyses.

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忽视生殖劳动:性别平等指标的批判性回顾

摘要：两性平等指数是用于治理和知识生产的越来越有影响力的工具。本文对现有的17个多维性别平等指标的充分性进行了评估，发现除一个指标外，其他指标都不同程度地忽视了无偿生殖劳动。实证分析为这些指标的改进提供了三点启示。首先，可以使用性别平等指数来衡量无偿生殖劳动的性别划分。其次，数据的可用性不必损害指数框架的一致性。最后，这些指数可以通过用定性分析来补充其发现，从而减少对治理中量化指标的过分强调。

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Social Politics Multiple-

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4.70

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10.50%

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