Equal Opportunities International: Volume 12 Issue 1

Equal Opportunities International Volume 12 Number 1 1993 1 The Employment Status of Women in Canada: A General Overview and Description of Theoretical Approaches used to Study this Phenomenon

Martha A. Reavley

Introduction In this article, the employment status of women in Canada is described and analytical approaches to the employment status of women is assessed. The explanatory value…

Theorising About Gender in South Africa

Desiree Lewis

Feminist theory is concentrated on androcentric interpretations and the patriarchal status quo, with conflicts among feminists taking a definite second place to the concern with…

Discriminatory Practices in the Banking/Finance Industry: Some Managerial Observations

George Munchus

Introduction A report by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1980 indicates that 31.1% of banks' officials and managers were women. This nearly doubled the…

What Companies Can Do For Women

Julie Yoon, Brian H. Kleiner

Many experts are predicting work force changes of massive proportions by the year 2000. Already, feminisation is transforming the way employers treat their employees. Companies…

NETWORKING

Lisa A. Schur, Douglas L Kruse

In the U.S. private sector, women are less likely than men to be union members. This study analyses a unique na‐tional survey (conducted in 1984) to determine if women are less…