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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... Party Black Feminist Anthropology Central African Republic Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Center for Development and Population Activities Central European And Eurasian Law Initiative Community Property ...
... party, Malawi) United Nations Development Program United National Population Fund UN High Commission for Refugees UN Research Institute for Social Development Ukimwi Orphans Assistance U.S. Agency for International Development Uganda ...
... parties to adopt the strategies and mechanisms that led to women's increased representation. Finally, a global women's ... party-based gender quotas or reserved seats for women. Moreover, the survey also finds that the countries with the ...
... party-based quota or special seats. The six countries discussed in this chapter more or less conform to the trajectory described in the studies above, with one interesting difference.3 The three southern African cases have all increased ...
... party.” In Namibia, meanwhile, women's organizations have exerted considerable pressure on political parties since before the 1999 election. Like South Africa, Namibia has an active 50/50 campaign, and a 50/50 bill has been drafted and ...