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Download file to see previous pages As Waring uses the statement that environment and women ‘count for nothing’, she is referring to the current position of women in the environmental policies of the United Nations. She states a fact according to which it is evident that women’s contributions and hard work isn’t recognized or included in the national accounts. The role of women is often ignored and ‘counted for nothing’. The main arguments of this book are about the contribution of women in the national accounts and to isolate the gender bias which is present in the current policies and systems used for calculating a country’s national wealth.
Waring further explains and argues that women are considered to be ‘non-producers’ in the national accounting system. They have no importance and their contributions, which are many, do not count at all. Women also don’t get their reward from the distribution of benefits followed by the production flow. This gender inequality exists in the traditional economics theory since a long time and Waring has been one of those feminists who raised her voice against this biasness. In the traditional economic theory which has been prepared by the United Nations, there are certain issues like nuclear warfare, poverty, and environmental conservation which are not included in the calculation of the national economic value (Waring 245).
Waring then explains the result of the fact that women and environment ‘count for nothing’. Not only does this affect the women who don’t get the benefit, but it also affects the overall public policies. The public policy of every country is determined by the accounting and economic theories that are used and set by the United Nations. The national accounts contribute in the making of the public policies and with a gender biased national accounts, these public policies end up overlooking the importance of the environment and the contributions of women; which make about ...Download file to see next pagesRead More