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Tables of Contents for Making the Transition Work for Women in Europe and Central Asia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
vii
Acknowledgments
viii
Introduction
1
7
Marnia Lazreg
Gender Paradoxes of the Transition Period
8
4
Ludmila N. Zavadskaya
Reform in Education
10
1
Constitutional Reform
10
2
Gender Aspects of Employment and Unemployment in Central and Eastern Europe
12
14
Sonja Lokar
The Rationale for Investing in Women in the CEE Region
12
1
Some General Impacts of the Transition Crisis
13
1
Women in the CEE Labor Market
14
5
Self-Employment and Women's Entrepreneurship
19
2
Gender Impact of Minimum Wage, Income Taxes, and Cuts in Social Benefit Systems
21
1
Women's Strategies of Livelihood in Transition
22
4
Transitional Period and Labor Market Characteristics in Hungary
26
16
Katalin Koncz
Quantitative Labor Market Characteristics of Female Employment
26
5
Qualitative Labor Market Characteristics of Female Employment: The Position of Women in the Labor Market
31
4
Educational Level and Qualification of Women
35
3
Combining Work with Household Duties
38
2
Consequences: Female Employment In Perspective
40
2
Rural Women in Russia: What Does Private Farming Mean?
42
9
Sue Bridger
Farming Household Plots: Why Is Female Labor Predominant?
43
3
The Intensification of Production: What Does It Mean for Women?
46
2
The Limits of Self-Sufficiency: What Kind of a Future for Rural Women?
48
3
Revival of Traditions in Post-Soviet Central Asia
51
7
Anara Tabyshalieva
The Impact of Ethnic Traditions
52
3
The Discrimination Trap
55
3
Urgent Legislative Measures and Gender Issues
58
3
Ludmila N. Zavadskaya
Gender Aspects of Pension Reform in Russia
61
8
Marina Baskakova
Reproductive Health and the Rights of Women
69
7
Wanda Nowicka
Women in the Region
69
1
Health Care System and Services
70
3
AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases
73
3
Violence and Trafficking in Women in Ukraine
76
9
Larysa Kobelyanska
Historical Background to Violence against Women
76
1
Domestic Violence in Ukraine
77
2
Sexual Exploitation of Women
79
4
Fighting the Traffcking in Women
83
2
Trafficking in Women: Breaking the Vicious Cycle
85
4
Stanislava Buchowska
The Situation in Poland
85
1
Reasons for Trafficking
86
1
Combating Illegal Trafficking
87
2
Women in Transition: Themes of the UNICEF MONEE Project
89
13
Gaspar Fajth
Introduction
89
1
Was There Gender Equality?
89
2
The Missing Links
91
3
New Economic Opportunities and Risks
94
2
Women's Health and Safety
96
4
Making the Transition Work for Women
100
2
Discussant's Comments
102
5
Gail W. Lapidus
Transitions As Troubled Transformations
102
1
The Problem of Benchmarks
103
1
Assessing the Transition: Problems of Data and Methodology
104
2
Mitigating Negative Impacts: The Role of Governments
106
1
Discussant's Comments
107
4
Barbara Einhorn
Terminology of ``Transition''
108
1
Differences and Shared Features of Social, Political, and Economic Changes
108
1
Aspects of Transition
108
2
Rights Versus Entitlements
110
1
About The Authors
111