The demography of aging in the industrializing portion of the Pacific rim: a case for gender justice.

The authors examine the impact of probable future trends in demographic aging on womens roles in the newly industrializing countries of the Pacific Rim (in Southeastern and east Asia). They also suggest that women will in all probability be expected to cope with additional household and family responsibilities due to demographic aging at a time when they are trying to change gender status and improve gender equity and that these growing responsibilities could severely handicap womens efforts to play a larger role in the economy and in policy making. (ANNOTATION)