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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... institutions and state-based law: 1) institutional strengthening (primarily capacity of and partnerships among women-oriented ministries and NGOs), 2) legal literacy (strengthening women's knowledge/awareness of their rights), and 3 ...
... institutional components out of concern for the effectiveness of the laws—but give little consideration to “legal ... institutions—Friedman and Macaulay's second component of legal systems. The problems experienced when relying on ...
... institutions undercut the purpose and effect of the law rings true for experience throughout Africa—and elsewhere as well. The WLRI's cited best practices from Southern Africa include a Legal Aid and Counseling program in Botswana, as ...
... institutions are often ineffective. Sometimes inadvertently, but potentially quite purposefully, there may not be resources with which to implement the new laws. Even when political leaders agree to revoking or passing laws, there is ...
Raj Bardouille, Margaret Grieco. institutions. Another example from NDI suggests that the systems and culture may not be as well-established as presumed: “In 1996, NDIMalawi sponsored an advocacy skills-building workshop for women ...