Gender Planning and Development - Theory, Practice and Training

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Moser Klappentext Gender planning is not an end in itself but a means by which women, through a process of empowerment, can emancipate themselves. Ultimately, its success depends on the capacity of women's organizations to confront subordination and create successful alliances which will provide constructive support in negotiating women's needs at the level of household, civil society, the state and the global system.Gender Planning and Development provides an introduction to an issue of primary importance and constant debate. It will be essential reading for academics, practitioners, undergraduates and trainees in anthropology, development studies, women's studies and social policy. Zusammenfassung Exploring the relationship between gender and development, this looks at gender policy and planning practices based on creating gender awareness and negotiation for women's needs at household, civil society, state and global levels. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction  2. Gender roles, the family and the household  3. Practical and strategic gender needs and the role of the state  4. Third World policy approaches to women in development  5. Towards gender planning  6. The institutionalization of gender planning  7. Operational procedures for implementing gender policies, programmes and projects  8. Training and strategies for gender planning  9. Towards an emancipation approach

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Moser, Caroline (University of Manchester Moser, Moser Caroline
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.1993
• EAN: 9780415056212
• ISBN: 978-0-415-05621-2
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Sociology, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Anthropology, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Development Studies