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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... activities, often involving women only, programs seeking to achieve gender equality might find gender and development approaches (GAD) more effective ways to promote and achieve the enjoyment of basic rights by women in Africa. Up to ...
... activities oriented toward changing attitudes and behaviors. Rather than using social marketing like slogans, billboards, and jingles, and rather than promoting lobbying and public demonstrations, GAD might lead women's organizations to ...
... activities and outcomes that go a bit farther toward the recommended approach, but these do appear to be major drivers of the program. “Scholars in Self-Estrangement: Some Reflections on the Crisis in Law and Development Studies in the ...
... Activities (CEDPA), Development and Training Services (DTS) and several other organizations; the American Bar Association's Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (CEELI) and Africa Programs; Minnesota Advocates Women's Program ...
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