Feminisms, Empowerment and Development - Changing Womens Lives

The economic and political empowerment of women continues to be a central focus for development agencies worldwide; access to medical care, education and employment, as well as women''s reproductive rights remain key factors effecting women''s autonomy. Feminisms, Empowerment and Development explores what women are doing to change their own personal circumstances whilst providing an in-depth analysis of collective action and institutionalized mechanisms aimed at changing structural relations.Drawing on unique, original research and approaching empowerment as a complex process of negotiation, rather than a linear sequence of inputs and outcomes, this crucial collection highlights the difficulty of creating common agendas for the advancement of women''s power and rights, and argues for a more nuanced, context-based approach to development theory and practice. An indispensible text for anyone interested in gender and development, this book shows that policies and approaches to development that view women as instrumental to other objectives will never promote women''s empowerment as they fail to address the structures by which gender inequality is perpetuated over time.>

Summary

Providing a renewed focus on politicized feminism and development, rather than gender and development alone, this book balances first-hand research with theory, providing a thorough and more nuanced overview of the topic.

Product details

• Authors: -, Andrea Cornwall, Andrea Edwards Cornwall, Jenny Edwards
• Assisted by: Andrea Cornwall (Editor), Jenny Edwards (Editor)
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.03.2014
• EAN: 9781780325835
• ISBN: 978-1-78032-583-5
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Feminism and Development; Feminisms and Development; Feminisms and Development
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education