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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... Rights in Development Organization for women's human rights in Nigeria Botswana Democratic Party Black Feminist Anthropology Central African Republic Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Center for Development ...
... Human Poverty Index of UNDP Human Rights-Based Approach Human Rights Watch International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights International Crisis Group Internally ...
... Rights, Resources, and Voice,1 careful attention must be given in several critical areas. Central to this discussion is the fact that enormous disparities exist between men and women in ... Rights are Human Rights,” was coined; INTRODUCTION.
Raj Bardouille, Margaret Grieco. where the mantra, “Women's Rights are Human Rights,” was coined; the Nairobi Conference; the Fourth World on Women in Beijing and the Millennium Development Goals (2000), to name a few. Many countries ...
... Human Rights for All,”8 “The world must advance the causes of security, development and human rights together, otherwise none will succeed. Humanity will not enjoy security without development; it will not enjoy development without ...