Power, Gender and Social Change in AfricaRaj Bardouille, Margaret Grieco Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009 M03 26 - 359 pages Gender plays a hugely significant and too often under-considered role in predicting how accessible resources such as education, wage-based employment, physical and mental health care, adequate nutrition and housing will be to an individual or community. According to a 2001 World Bank report titled Engendering Development—Through Gender Equality in Rights, Resources, and Voice, enormous disparities exist between men and women in terms of basic rights and the power to determine the future, both in Africa and around the globe. A better understanding of the links between gender, public policy and development outcomes would allow for more effective policy formulation and implementation at many levels. This book, through its discussion of the challenges, achievements and lessons learned in efforts to attain gender equality, sheds light on these important issues. The book contains chapters from an interdisciplinary group of scholars, including sociologists, economists, political scientists, scholars of law, anthropologists, historians and others. The work includes analysis of strategic gender initiatives, case studies, research, and policies as well as conceptual and theoretical pieces. With its format of ideas, resources and recorded experiences as well as theoretical models and best practices, the book is an important contribution to academic and political discourse on the intricate links between gender, power, and social change in Africa and around the world. |
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... cultures that limit their ability to thrive in both the public and private sectors. The global economic crisis is only ... cultural injury,” harm. which The envisions physical, effects can be “as devastating, as costly, and as physically ...
... culturally and personally possible. Gender-based violence cannot be reduced unless every culture around the world combats cultural norms and teaches that violence is not an acceptable way to deal with loved ones. Just as you would not ...
... Cultural Rights International Crisis Group Internally Displaced Persons Institute of Development Studies Internally Displaced Women Inter-Parliamentary Union International Financial Institutions International Planned Parenthood ...
... cultural attitude finally allowed large numbers of women to enter the national legislature, women around the world are using a variety of gender-based electoral quotas to gender their parliaments, sometimes 'overnight' (in one election) ...
... cultural differences. Examples taken from African women's organizations show how components of their programs reflect an approach that others have encouraged. Just as African law schools may teach methods promoted by American law ...