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Informationen zum Autor Devaki Jain has lectured in economics at Delhi University and was a founding member of the Indian Association of Women's Studies. She advised the National Commission on Women of the Government of India and was a member of Julius Nyerere's South Commission. Her academic research and advocacy, influenced largely by Gandhian philosophy, have focused on issues of women's rights, democratic decentralization, and people-centered development. Devaki Jain lives in Bangalore, India. Klappentext Shows how women's contributions have changed and shaped development thought and practice at the UN. Zusammenfassung Traces the ways in which women have enriched the work of the United Nations from the time of its founding in 1945. This book reviews the evolution of the UN's programs aimed at benefiting the women of developing nations and the impact of women's ideas about rights, equality, and social justice on UN thinking and practice regarding development. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents List of Boxes and Tables Series Editors' ForewordLouis Emmerij, Richard Jolly, and Thomas G. Weiss ForewordAmartya Sen Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction: Women, Development, and Equality: History as Inconclusive Dialogue 1. Setting the Stage for Equality, 1945-1965 2. Inscribing Development into Rights, 1966-1975 3. Questioning Development Paradigms, 1976-1985 4. Development as if Women Mattered, 1986-1995 5. Lessons from the UN's Sixth Decade, 1996-2005 Notes Bibliography Index About the Author About the United Nations Intellectual History Project
