Category
page 1Feminist economics
sexual harassment
unwanted sexual attention or advances
glass ceiling
metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given group from rising beyond a certain level in a hierarchy
gender pay gap
average difference in remuneration amounts between men and women
feminist economics
critical gender-aware branch of economics
feminization of poverty
set of poverty phenomena that most frequently affect women
reproductive labor
work often associated with care giving and domestic roles
double burden
workload of people who both earn money and have significant domestic responsibilities
pink-collar worker
someone working in a care-oriented career field
glass cliff
workplace phenomenon affecting women in leadership roles
purplewashing
thumb|The feminist symbol including a fist inside of the female sign, enclosed in the color purple, the color of feminism
Purplewashing is the use of feminist or LGBTQ+ issues to mask discriminatory or harmful practices. It involves selectively promoting certain aspects of feminism or LGBTQ+ rights to improve a company's or organization's image, while often neglecting or undermining these same issues in other contexts.
care work
sub-category of work that includes all tasks that directly involve care processes done in service of others

purple capitalism
capitalist appropriation and assimilation of feminism

women in business
women's participation in, and contribution to, business

marriage bars
ban on the employment of married women
glass escalator
metaphor
Wages for housework
global feminist movement
occupational segregation
distribution of workers across and within occupations
Gender and development
Field of research and study

Women and Economics
non-fiction work by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
International Association for Feminist Economics
organization
work intensity
activity in relation to the capacity for that work
intra-household bargaining
negotiations between members of a household to reach decisions
gender inequality in China
overview of gender inequality in China
time use research
an interdisciplinary field of study dedicated to learning how people allocate their time

If Women Counted
book by Marilyn Waring
Feminization of agriculture
measurable increase of women's participation in agriculture
Sexual harassment in Malaysia