Women in Human Resource Management

HRM response . The historical reaction of employers to increase in the number of women , gender equality policies and thus allows contemporary readers to make comparisons between the situation some 100 years ago and today . Mostly dealing with other HRM concepts and trends , the article allows the reader to assess the relative weight of women 's issues within this field of business studies

United Nations General Assembly (1996 , 13 September . Advancement of Women . Human Resources Management : Composition of The Secretariat Improvement of the status of women in the Secretariat . Report of the

Secretary-General . Fifty-first session . Items 105 and 122 (b ) of the provisional agenda . Retrieved January 8 , 2005 from

The report prepared for the UN General Assembly concentrates on ways to empower women in the UN Secretariat , drawing on geographical distribution of women and special language requirements in UN divisions The authors deal with strategies used to empower women and the need for their consolidation in to secure gender equality . The report is of interest as a sample of gender equality policies in the largest international organisation , trying to overcome barriers for increased participation of women and their empowerment

United Nations University - Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA (n .d . AFRICAN WOMEN AND NATURAL RESOURCES : Directory of African women in natural resource conservation and management (pros record and experiences . Retrieved January 8 , 2005 from http /www .inra .unu .edu /prowomen /index .cfm

The report from UNU-INRA describes the access of women to natural resources in Africa , stating the persisting inequality with men . A meeting of an Advisory Committee of five African women in Accra in 1997 found that women are disadvantaged in access to financial resources , new technologies , employment opportunities . The article explores the causes of such inequality as well as ways to fight it , listing the suggestions put forward...