Bookbot

Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development

Mehr zum Buch

Around the world, women have long occupied the pivotal place in social and economic life on its most basic and meaningful levels. Yet the international development programs that grew in the mid-twentieth century largely ignored or bypassed women’s ideas, women’s rights, women’s work, and the realities of women’s lives. More often than not, these development projects served to reinforce patriarchal structures rather than to support or empower women. In Developing Power , women from around the world tell how they fought to ensure that the unprecedented political and economic changes in the developing world would benefit women as well as men.In these compelling testimonies, a distinguished group of 27 pioneering women from 12 countries tell their own stories, revealing the moments when they realized that they could challenge the received wisdom of the day, and the struggles involved in turning their ideas into actions. These varied accounts come from women involved in creating the four major UN conferences on women held from 1975 to 1995, women scholars, women in institutions that provide development funds, and women in development agencies. The stories in Developing Power reach beyond their individual contexts to provide a model for progressive social change.

Buchkauf

Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development, Arvonne S. Fraser, Irene Tinker

Sprache
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Einband
(Paperback),
Buchzustand
Gebraucht - Gut
Preis
8,99 €inkl. MwSt.

Lieferung

  • Gratis Versand ab 14,99 € in ganz Deutschland! Mehr Infos.

Zahlungsmethoden

Keiner hat bisher bewertet.Abgeben

Titel
Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development
Sprache
Englisch
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Einband
Paperback
Seitenzahl
372
ISBN10
1558614842
ISBN13
9781558614840
Reihe
Beschreibung
Around the world, women have long occupied the pivotal place in social and economic life on its most basic and meaningful levels. Yet the international development programs that grew in the mid-twentieth century largely ignored or bypassed women’s ideas, women’s rights, women’s work, and the realities of women’s lives. More often than not, these development projects served to reinforce patriarchal structures rather than to support or empower women. In Developing Power , women from around the world tell how they fought to ensure that the unprecedented political and economic changes in the developing world would benefit women as well as men.In these compelling testimonies, a distinguished group of 27 pioneering women from 12 countries tell their own stories, revealing the moments when they realized that they could challenge the received wisdom of the day, and the struggles involved in turning their ideas into actions. These varied accounts come from women involved in creating the four major UN conferences on women held from 1975 to 1995, women scholars, women in institutions that provide development funds, and women in development agencies. The stories in Developing Power reach beyond their individual contexts to provide a model for progressive social change.