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. |
From inside the book
... now seeking to work with the men to change their behaviors—and not just threatening them with legal or judicial sanctions. Strengthening the advocacy skills of civil society organizations Another common Greenberg: Women's Rights Advocacy ...
... behavior. They, like so many outside of Africa, have learned how to be “politically correct.” According to their ... behaviors and establish gender equality—it is possible that where the liberal legal model does not fit the context, such ...
... behaviors. There is also some danger of pitting women with some advocacy tactics against men—when there may in fact be ways to address common goals. Expanding public awareness The last area is that of public awareness. In nearly every ...
... behavior. To the World Bank's credit, its current evaluation of the Women and Law in Africa program seeks to assess “enhancement of public awareness of women's rights and changing behaviors of both women and men.” By framing the issue ...
... behaviors relating to women's status (the attitudes of men as men), and forget the powerful roles of other sorts of reglementation? • Using Gender and Development Approaches to Achieve Respect for Women's Rights and Gender Equality ...