Engendering the Manufacturing Sector in Ethiopia: Uncovering the Controversy of Empowerment

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Author(s): Meron Zeleke ¹

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 25 January 2025

Journal: Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies

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Keywords: Ethiopia, femal factory workers, empowerment, mebkat, textile and garment

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Title: Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies

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ISSN: 2515-2149

Publication date (Electronic, pub): 25 January 2025

Volume: 8

Issue: 1-2

Pages: 190-208

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[1 ] Center for Human Rights, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia;

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Alsop Ruth, Heinsohn Nina. Measuring Empowerment in Practice: Structuring Analysis and Framing Indicators. 2005. The World Bank. [Cross Ref]
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Chant Sylvia, Sweetman Caroline. Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development. Gender & Development. Vol. 20(3):517–529. 2012. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]
Dutta Mousumee. Women’s Employment and its Effects on Bengali Households of Shillong, India. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. Vol. 31(2):217–229. 2000. University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress). [Cross Ref]
Gelb Alan, Meyer Christian Johannes, Ramachandran Vijaya, Wadhwa Divyanshi. Can Africa Be a Manufacturing Destination? Labor Costs in Comparative Perspective. SSRN Electronic Journal. Elsevier BV. [Cross Ref]
IBRAHIM SOLAVA, ALKIRE SABINA. Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators. Oxford Development Studies. Vol. 35(4):379–403. 2007. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]
Kabeer Naila. Women, Wages and Intra‐household Power Relations in Urban Bangladesh. Development and Change. Vol. 28(2):261–302. 1997. Wiley. [Cross Ref]
Kabeer Naila. Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment. Development and Change. Vol. 30(3):435–464. 1999. Wiley. [Cross Ref]
KIBRIA NAZLI. CULTURE, SOCIAL CLASS, AND INCOME CONTROL IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN GARMENT WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. Gender & Society. Vol. 9(3):289–309. 1995. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]
Aalen Lovise, Kotsadam Andreas, Villanger Espen. Family Law Reform, Employment, and Women’s Political Participation in Ethiopia. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society. Vol. 26(2):299–323. 2019. Oxford University Press (OUP). [Cross Ref]
Malhotra Anju, Mather Mark. Sociological Forum. 1997. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]
Mihretu Mamo, Llobet Gabriela. Looking Beyond the Horizon. 2017. World Bank, Washington, DC. [Cross Ref]
Elson Diane, Pearson Ruth. ‘Nimble Fingers Make Cheap Workers’: An Analysis of Women's Employment in Third World Export Manufacturing. Feminist Review. Vol. 7(1):87–107. 1981. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]
Rowlands Jo. Empowerment examined. Development in Practice. Vol. 5(2):101–107. 1995. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]
Salway Sarah, Jesmin Sonia, Rahman Shahana. Women's Employment in Urban Bangladesh: A Challenge to Gender Identity? Development and Change. Vol. 36(2):317–349. 2005. Wiley. [Cross Ref]
Siddiqi Dina M.. Do Bangladeshi Factory Workers Need Saving? Sisterhood in the Post-Sweatshop Era. Feminist Review. Vol. 91(1):154–174. 2009. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]

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[1] Alsop Ruth, Heinsohn Nina. Measuring Empowerment in Practice: Structuring Analysis and Framing Indicators. 2005. The World Bank. [Cross Ref]

[2] Batliwala Srilatha. Taking the power out of empowerment – an experiential account. Development in Practice. Vol. 17(4-5):557–565. 2007. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[3] Bailey Carol A.. A Guide to Qualitative Field Research. 2018. SAGE Publications, Inc. [Cross Ref]

[4] Chant Sylvia, Sweetman Caroline. Fixing women or fixing the world? ‘Smart economics’, efficiency approaches, and gender equality in development. Gender & Development. Vol. 20(3):517–529. 2012. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[5] Dutta Mousumee. Women’s Employment and its Effects on Bengali Households of Shillong, India. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. Vol. 31(2):217–229. 2000. University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress). [Cross Ref]

[6] Gelb Alan, Meyer Christian Johannes, Ramachandran Vijaya, Wadhwa Divyanshi. Can Africa Be a Manufacturing Destination? Labor Costs in Comparative Perspective. SSRN Electronic Journal. Elsevier BV. [Cross Ref]

[7] IBRAHIM SOLAVA, ALKIRE SABINA. Agency and Empowerment: A Proposal for Internationally Comparable Indicators. Oxford Development Studies. Vol. 35(4):379–403. 2007. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[8] Kabeer Naila. Women, Wages and Intra‐household Power Relations in Urban Bangladesh. Development and Change. Vol. 28(2):261–302. 1997. Wiley. [Cross Ref]

[9] Kabeer Naila. Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment. Development and Change. Vol. 30(3):435–464. 1999. Wiley. [Cross Ref]

[10] KIBRIA NAZLI. CULTURE, SOCIAL CLASS, AND INCOME CONTROL IN THE LIVES OF WOMEN GARMENT WORKERS IN BANGLADESH. Gender & Society. Vol. 9(3):289–309. 1995. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]

[11] Aalen Lovise, Kotsadam Andreas, Villanger Espen. Family Law Reform, Employment, and Women’s Political Participation in Ethiopia. Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society. Vol. 26(2):299–323. 2019. Oxford University Press (OUP). [Cross Ref]

[12] Malhotra Anju, Mather Mark. Sociological Forum. 1997. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. [Cross Ref]

[13] Mihretu Mamo, Llobet Gabriela. Looking Beyond the Horizon. 2017. World Bank, Washington, DC. [Cross Ref]

[14] Elson Diane, Pearson Ruth. ‘Nimble Fingers Make Cheap Workers’: An Analysis of Women's Employment in Third World Export Manufacturing. Feminist Review. Vol. 7(1):87–107. 1981. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]

[15] Rowlands Jo. Empowerment examined. Development in Practice. Vol. 5(2):101–107. 1995. Informa UK Limited. [Cross Ref]

[16] Salway Sarah, Jesmin Sonia, Rahman Shahana. Women's Employment in Urban Bangladesh: A Challenge to Gender Identity? Development and Change. Vol. 36(2):317–349. 2005. Wiley. [Cross Ref]

[17] Siddiqi Dina M.. Do Bangladeshi Factory Workers Need Saving? Sisterhood in the Post-Sweatshop Era. Feminist Review. Vol. 91(1):154–174. 2009. SAGE Publications. [Cross Ref]

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