Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Gendered Paradoxes
Author: Amy Lind
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271076364
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Since the early 1980s Ecuador has experienced a series of events unparalleled in its history. Its “free market” strategies exacerbated the debt crisis, and in response new forms of social movement organizing arose among the country’s poor, including women’s groups. Gendered Paradoxes focuses on women’s participation in the political and economic restructuring process of the past twenty-five years, showing how in their daily struggle for survival Ecuadorian women have both reinforced and embraced the neoliberal model yet also challenged its exclusionary nature. Drawing on her extensive ethnographic fieldwork and employing an approach combining political economy and cultural politics, Amy Lind charts the growth of several strands of women’s activism and identifies how they have helped redefine, often in contradictory ways, the real and imagined boundaries of neoliberal development discourse and practice. In her analysis of this ambivalent and “unfinished” cultural project of modernity in the Andes, she examines state policies and their effects on women of various social sectors; women’s community development initiatives and responses to the debt crisis; and the roles played by feminist “issue networks” in reshaping national and international policy agendas in Ecuador and in developing a transnationally influenced, locally based feminist movement.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271076364
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Since the early 1980s Ecuador has experienced a series of events unparalleled in its history. Its “free market” strategies exacerbated the debt crisis, and in response new forms of social movement organizing arose among the country’s poor, including women’s groups. Gendered Paradoxes focuses on women’s participation in the political and economic restructuring process of the past twenty-five years, showing how in their daily struggle for survival Ecuadorian women have both reinforced and embraced the neoliberal model yet also challenged its exclusionary nature. Drawing on her extensive ethnographic fieldwork and employing an approach combining political economy and cultural politics, Amy Lind charts the growth of several strands of women’s activism and identifies how they have helped redefine, often in contradictory ways, the real and imagined boundaries of neoliberal development discourse and practice. In her analysis of this ambivalent and “unfinished” cultural project of modernity in the Andes, she examines state policies and their effects on women of various social sectors; women’s community development initiatives and responses to the debt crisis; and the roles played by feminist “issue networks” in reshaping national and international policy agendas in Ecuador and in developing a transnationally influenced, locally based feminist movement.
Towards Gender Equity in Development
Author: Siwan Anderson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198829590
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination, women in the developing world often lack autonomy. This book explores key sources of female empowerment and discusses the current challenges and opportunities for the future.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198829590
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination, women in the developing world often lack autonomy. This book explores key sources of female empowerment and discusses the current challenges and opportunities for the future.
On Norms and Agency
Author: Ana María Muñoz Boudet
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082139892X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Based on focus groups and interviews with nearly 4,000 women, men, girls, and boys from 20 countries, this book explores areas that are less often studied in gender and development: gender norms and agency. It reveals how little gender norms have changed, how similar they are across countries, and how they are being challenged and contested.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082139892X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Based on focus groups and interviews with nearly 4,000 women, men, girls, and boys from 20 countries, this book explores areas that are less often studied in gender and development: gender norms and agency. It reveals how little gender norms have changed, how similar they are across countries, and how they are being challenged and contested.
Women's Participation in Social Development
Author: Karen Marie Mokate
Publisher: IDB
ISBN: 9781931003940
Category : Social planning
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher: IDB
ISBN: 9781931003940
Category : Social planning
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development
Author: Jane L. Parpart
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889369100
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development demytsifies the theory of gender and development and shows how it plays an important role in everyday life. It explores the evolution of gender and development theory, introduces competing theoretical frameworks, and examines new and emerging debates. The focus is on the implications of theory for policy and practice, and the need to theorize gender and development to create a more egalitarian society. This book is intended for classroom and workshop use in the fields ofdevelopment studies, development theory, gender and development, and women's studies. Its clear and straightforward prose will be appreciated by undergraduate and seasoned professional, alike. Classroom exercises, study questions, activities, and case studies are included. It is designed for use in both formal and nonformal educational settings.
Publisher: IDRC
ISBN: 0889369100
Category : Feminism
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development demytsifies the theory of gender and development and shows how it plays an important role in everyday life. It explores the evolution of gender and development theory, introduces competing theoretical frameworks, and examines new and emerging debates. The focus is on the implications of theory for policy and practice, and the need to theorize gender and development to create a more egalitarian society. This book is intended for classroom and workshop use in the fields ofdevelopment studies, development theory, gender and development, and women's studies. Its clear and straightforward prose will be appreciated by undergraduate and seasoned professional, alike. Classroom exercises, study questions, activities, and case studies are included. It is designed for use in both formal and nonformal educational settings.
The Elusive Agenda
Author: Rounaq Jahan
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Reviewing the progress achieved in making gender a central concern in the development progress, this book evaluates selected leading bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, including the World Bank, which have played a critical role in shaping the development agenda.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Reviewing the progress achieved in making gender a central concern in the development progress, this book evaluates selected leading bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, including the World Bank, which have played a critical role in shaping the development agenda.
Integration of Women in Development
Author: Ester Boserup
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Women in development
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic development
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Women in Development
Author: United States. Agency for International Development. Office of Women in Development
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Women in Development
Author: Alice Stewart Carloni
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, American
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description