Gender in transition

Abstract

The objective of this report is to help put gender on the map of policymaking in the region formed by the transition countries of Europe and Central Asia by raising awareness of the gender implications of the social and economic changes experienced by these countries during the 1990s. The report draws on existing and new empirical evidence from administrative and survey data to evaluate the gender consequences of developments in key areas that affect people's livelihoods and welfare--labor markets, nonlabor income and poverty, education, life expectancy and health, and non-income dimensions of vulnerabiity. It shows that the transition process has not been gender neutral. However, the ways in which reforms have affected men, women, and gender relations have varied considerably across countries. While women's welfare appears to have declined relative to men's in Central Asia, the burden of transformation has fallen disproportionately on men in the European countries in the former Soviet Union. The Central and Eastern European countries (CEE) present a more mixed picture, with no obvious patterns in gender inequality emerging over the last decade.

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