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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... United States. The question arises within the “Post-Beijing context”: the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing in 1995, was a historic milestone in global efforts for women's rights. The global scope, the level of ...
... United States. When advocates for women's rights recognize that law-focused programs may not be the right approach for all circumstances, they may be prepared to consider alternatives. Thus the chapter concludes by presenting ...
... are perceived as effective, this may similarly lead to reconsideration of the role of women's rights advocacy in the United States. Personal Reflections: Law versus Development Perspectives Three situations—from 1991, 1998, 30 Chapter Two.
... United States. The last reflection dates back a full decade. For a student at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, it was difficult to resolve a personal commitment to women's rights and a professional commitment to culturally ...
... United States). In Africa, there are historic strata: norms and practices that date back centuries; customary law reflecting interpretations and colonial laws; and, more recently, norms and laws promoted by multilateral and bilateral ...