Gender And The Brain Drain From South Africa T S A M P

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Download or read book GENDER AND THE BRAIN DRAIN - FROM SOUTH AFRICA - T S A M P. written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The les- son from a gender analysis of the brain drain is that it is in the social sphere of security, education and health care that the solution to the loss of core skills to the economy must be sought. [...] Mattes and Richmond found that 51% of whites and 41% of blacks expressed a likelihood of leaving the country for longer than two years.17 The equivalent comparison on the basis of gender was 49% of men and 41% of women. [...] To give some idea of how the combination of race and gender may influence skilled emigration, Tables 20 to 23 provide a breakdown of responses to some of the key survey questions on the basis of both race and gender, for the categories "African" and "white".20 The demographic detail that is lost in either a gender-based (but race-blind) compar- ison or a race-based (but gender-blind) comparison is. [...] The history of such immigration hasbeen examined elsewhere, but without an explicit gender analysis.22 One of the findings of the "skilled foreigners" survey was the change in countries of origin of skilled immigrants since the end of apartheid, reflecting the removal of race-based discrimination in immigration policy.23 Prior to 1991, European countries dominated, whereas the post- apartheid peri. [...] The lesson from a gender analysis of the brain drain is that it is in the social sphere of secu- rity, education and health care that the solution to the loss of core skills to the economy must be sought.