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Gender mainstreaming: recognising and building on progress. Views from the UK Gender and Development Network

07/11/2012

17 pages long

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Gender mainstreaming: recognising and building on progress. Views from the UK Gender and Development Network

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This article is a contribution to the debate on whether to mainstream gender, and how to mainstream gender, from the UK Gender and Development Network (GADN) Gender Mainstreaming Working Group. It draws on nine case studies of gender mainstreaming in the UK-based offices of international non-government organisations, and finds a complex but generally positive picture […]

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How gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity and gender difference

01/02/2010

9 pages long

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How gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity and gender difference

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Gender studies in general, and Gender and Development (GAD) in particular, through their belief in a cultural conditioning of gender behaviour, use the idea of ‘culture’ in a restrictive sense which perpetuates a conceptual difference between men and women, and also between First World and Third World women. There is a tendency among gender experts […]

Journal article

Creating citizens who demand just governance: gender and development in the twenty-first century

01/11/2003

12 pages long

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Creating citizens who demand just governance: gender and development in the twenty-first century

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The issue of good governance assumed enormous significance in debates on global development in the 1990s. By and large, this translated into policies aimed at building accountability of public administration institutions to the broad ‘public’, but omitted to consider two key issues: first, the ‘public’ consists of women and men, who have gender-differentiated needs and […]

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Gender Justice & Women’s Rights

If we are to end poverty we must tackle intersecting systems of oppression to realise gender equality and to protect, promote and realise the rights of women

Journal article

Faith, gender and development agendas in Nigeria: conflicts, challenges, and opportunities

01/11/2006

13 pages long

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Faith, gender and development agendas in Nigeria: conflicts, challenges, and opportunities

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Religion is a dominant force in private and public life in most developing countries. Based on fieldwork in Nigeria, where Christianity and Islam are the two major religions, this article looks at ways in which religion interplays with development and gender equality, and what this means for development policy and practice. First, it explores conflicts […]

Discussion paper

Men’s Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond rhetoric

01/01/2001

1 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? And what are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women […]

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Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

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Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

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Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Journal article

Rethinking gender and development practice for the 21st Century

01/03/2000

8 pages long

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Rethinking gender and development practice for the 21st Century

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People are confused about the concept of gender as used in development planning and practice, and male-dominated institutions are still resistant to it. This is threatening the achievement of women’s rights and equality and the transformation of gender relations, argues Judy El-Bushra, and explores some definitions. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

Book

Changing Perceptions: Writings on gender and development

01/01/1991

7 documents

337 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Women’s needs and abilities are frequently disregarded by development planners, and even ‘women’s projects’ may be unhelpful because they reflect gender stereotypes and maintain a situation which is prejudicial to women’s real interests. This wide-ranging collection of articles gives an overview of many aspects of gender and development.

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Gender and development from a Christian perspective: experience from World Vision

01/03/1999

7 pages long

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Gender and development from a Christian perspective: experience from World Vision

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Following the example of Christ, who fed the hungry and clothed the poor, the staff and managers of World Vision attempt to incorporate religious faith into their development work as well as their organisational practice. Linda Tripp argues that a spiritual message, combined with practical support, can be more effective in improving the lives of […]

Showing 343 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Gender mainstreaming: recognising and building on progress. Views from the UK Gender and Development Network

07/11/2012

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender mainstreaming: recognising and building on progress. Views from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

This article is a contribution to the debate on whether to mainstream gender, and how to mainstream gender, from the UK Gender and Development Network (GADN) Gender Mainstreaming Working Group. It draws on nine case studies of gender mainstreaming in the UK-based offices of international non-government organisations, and finds a complex but generally positive picture […]

Journal article

How gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity and gender difference

01/02/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

How gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity and gender difference

Keywords

Overview

Gender studies in general, and Gender and Development (GAD) in particular, through their belief in a cultural conditioning of gender behaviour, use the idea of ‘culture’ in a restrictive sense which perpetuates a conceptual difference between men and women, and also between First World and Third World women. There is a tendency among gender experts […]

Journal article

Creating citizens who demand just governance: gender and development in the twenty-first century

01/11/2003

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Creating citizens who demand just governance: gender and development in the twenty-first century

Keywords

Overview

The issue of good governance assumed enormous significance in debates on global development in the 1990s. By and large, this translated into policies aimed at building accountability of public administration institutions to the broad ‘public’, but omitted to consider two key issues: first, the ‘public’ consists of women and men, who have gender-differentiated needs and […]

Webpage

Gender Justice & Women’s Rights

If we are to end poverty we must tackle intersecting systems of oppression to realise gender equality and to protect, promote and realise the rights of women

Journal article

Faith, gender and development agendas in Nigeria: conflicts, challenges, and opportunities

01/11/2006

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith, gender and development agendas in Nigeria: conflicts, challenges, and opportunities

Keywords

Overview

Religion is a dominant force in private and public life in most developing countries. Based on fieldwork in Nigeria, where Christianity and Islam are the two major religions, this article looks at ways in which religion interplays with development and gender equality, and what this means for development policy and practice. First, it explores conflicts […]

Discussion paper

Men’s Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond rhetoric

01/01/2001

1 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? And what are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women […]

Journal article

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Journal article

Rethinking gender and development practice for the 21st Century

01/03/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rethinking gender and development practice for the 21st Century

Keywords

Overview

People are confused about the concept of gender as used in development planning and practice, and male-dominated institutions are still resistant to it. This is threatening the achievement of women’s rights and equality and the transformation of gender relations, argues Judy El-Bushra, and explores some definitions. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

Book

Changing Perceptions: Writings on gender and development

01/01/1991

7 documents

337 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s needs and abilities are frequently disregarded by development planners, and even ‘women’s projects’ may be unhelpful because they reflect gender stereotypes and maintain a situation which is prejudicial to women’s real interests. This wide-ranging collection of articles gives an overview of many aspects of gender and development.

Journal article

Gender and development from a Christian perspective: experience from World Vision

01/03/1999

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender and development from a Christian perspective: experience from World Vision

Keywords

Overview

Following the example of Christ, who fed the hungry and clothed the poor, the staff and managers of World Vision attempt to incorporate religious faith into their development work as well as their organisational practice. Linda Tripp argues that a spiritual message, combined with practical support, can be more effective in improving the lives of […]

Showing 343 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Gender mainstreaming: recognising and building on progress. Views from the UK Gender and Development Network

07/11/2012

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender mainstreaming: recognising and building on progress. Views from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

This article is a contribution to the debate on whether to mainstream gender, and how to mainstream gender, from the UK Gender and Development Network (GADN) Gender Mainstreaming Working Group. It draws on nine case studies of gender mainstreaming in the UK-based offices of international non-government organisations, and finds a complex but generally positive picture […]

Journal article

How gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity and gender difference

01/02/2010

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

How gendered is Gender and Development? Culture, masculinity and gender difference

Keywords

Overview

Gender studies in general, and Gender and Development (GAD) in particular, through their belief in a cultural conditioning of gender behaviour, use the idea of ‘culture’ in a restrictive sense which perpetuates a conceptual difference between men and women, and also between First World and Third World women. There is a tendency among gender experts […]

Journal article

Creating citizens who demand just governance: gender and development in the twenty-first century

01/11/2003

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Creating citizens who demand just governance: gender and development in the twenty-first century

Keywords

Overview

The issue of good governance assumed enormous significance in debates on global development in the 1990s. By and large, this translated into policies aimed at building accountability of public administration institutions to the broad ‘public’, but omitted to consider two key issues: first, the ‘public’ consists of women and men, who have gender-differentiated needs and […]

Webpage

Gender Justice & Women’s Rights

If we are to end poverty we must tackle intersecting systems of oppression to realise gender equality and to protect, promote and realise the rights of women

Journal article

Faith, gender and development agendas in Nigeria: conflicts, challenges, and opportunities

01/11/2006

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Faith, gender and development agendas in Nigeria: conflicts, challenges, and opportunities

Keywords

Overview

Religion is a dominant force in private and public life in most developing countries. Based on fieldwork in Nigeria, where Christianity and Islam are the two major religions, this article looks at ways in which religion interplays with development and gender equality, and what this means for development policy and practice. First, it explores conflicts […]

Discussion paper

Men’s Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice: Beyond rhetoric

01/01/2001

1 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? And what are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women […]

Journal article

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

01/03/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Linking women’s human rights and the MDGs: an agenda for 2005 from the UK Gender and Development Network

Keywords

Overview

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a potentially powerful tool for progress on development and human rights. Women’s human rights activists should recognise and build on the political will mobilised around the MDGs. However, the MDGs reflect problems in the dominant development approach. They seek to use women in their existing social roles to ‘deliver’ […]

Journal article

Rethinking gender and development practice for the 21st Century

01/03/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rethinking gender and development practice for the 21st Century

Keywords

Overview

People are confused about the concept of gender as used in development planning and practice, and male-dominated institutions are still resistant to it. This is threatening the achievement of women’s rights and equality and the transformation of gender relations, argues Judy El-Bushra, and explores some definitions. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & […]

Book

Changing Perceptions: Writings on gender and development

01/01/1991

7 documents

337 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women’s needs and abilities are frequently disregarded by development planners, and even ‘women’s projects’ may be unhelpful because they reflect gender stereotypes and maintain a situation which is prejudicial to women’s real interests. This wide-ranging collection of articles gives an overview of many aspects of gender and development.

Journal article

Gender and development from a Christian perspective: experience from World Vision

01/03/1999

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender and development from a Christian perspective: experience from World Vision

Keywords

Overview

Following the example of Christ, who fed the hungry and clothed the poor, the staff and managers of World Vision attempt to incorporate religious faith into their development work as well as their organisational practice. Linda Tripp argues that a spiritual message, combined with practical support, can be more effective in improving the lives of […]