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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... Democratic 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 ...
... Democratic Institute New Partnership for Africa's Development New Generation of African Entrepreneurs Non-government organization Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ...
... Democratic Front (political 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 ...
... of women in politics have recently emerged from struggle or conflict situations, or have ruling parties with social democratic inclinations, or both (Morna Bauer: Electoral Gender Quotas in Eastern and Southern Africa 9.
... Democratic Republic of Congo are still in transition; Angola is yet to schedule parliamentary elections and the DRC has just held them.) This poor showing is despite a declaration signed by all SADC heads of state in 1997 committing ...