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Reproductive health technologies and gender: is participation the key?

01/07/1999

11 pages long

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Reproductive health technologies and gender: is participation the key?

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This article discusses the impact of a community-based distribution (CBD) project in Eastern Province, Zambia, on reproductive health and gender relations. It shows how reproductive health can be furthered through participatory methods, including both ‘hard’ information technologies and ‘soft’ communications techniques to promote the use of reproductive technologies in controlling fertility and protecting against sexually […]

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Supporting the invisible technologists: the Intermediate Technology Development Group

01/07/1999

8 pages long

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Supporting the invisible technologists: the Intermediate Technology Development Group

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What constitutes ‘technology’, and who can be described as a technologist? In trying to answer this, the ITDG has uncovered the role of women in areas of production previously considered ‘male’. They now try to bridge the gulf between development professionals and poor producers. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For […]

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Cyberfeminism, technology, and international development

01/07/1999

9 pages long

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Cyberfeminism, technology, and international development

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Feminists from diverse backgrounds are considering the implications of the spread of Internet technology, and questioning its benefits for women in developing countries. Apart from having access to the Internet, women must also be able to define the content and shape of cyberspace. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the […]

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Editorial

01/07/1999

5 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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The Way to Do is to Be’: exploring the interface between values and research

01/03/1999

8 pages long

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The Way to Do is to Be’: exploring the interface between values and research

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A project run by the Canadian International Development Research Centre brought together a wide variety of specialists in order to explore the links between gender, science, and development, and to shape holistic, ‘being-oriented’ approaches, where values based in religion and spirituality inform the perspective and choices of methods of development researchers and practitioners. This article […]

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Gender relations, ‘Hindu’ nationalism, and NGO responses in India

01/03/1999

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Gender relations, ‘Hindu’ nationalism, and NGO responses in India

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This article explores the strategies that non-government organisations (NGOs) are using to challenge the right-wing nationalism presently dominating Indian politics. Development workers must be sensitive to the importance of religion, but also avoid getting caught up in religious conflict. Gender issues, which straddle religious and political boundaries, can end up marginalised. This article is hosted […]

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Conflict and compliance: Christianity and the occult in horticultural exporting

01/03/1999

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Conflict and compliance: Christianity and the occult in horticultural exporting

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The introduction of new export crops in the early 1990s upset the customary division of labour between men and women in Meru District, Kenya, and led to conflict over land, labour, and income. Women’s workload increased; their earnings did not. They responded by turning to ‘born-again’ Christianity for support, and by resorting to traditional witchcraft […]

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No time to worship the serpent deities: women, economic change, and religion in north-western Nepal

01/03/1999

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No time to worship the serpent deities: women, economic change, and religion in north-western Nepal

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Why do the inhabitants of one village in north-western Nepal still follow Buddhist customs, when religious rituals have all but died out in the neighbouring village? Rebecca Saul outlines how the evolution of a competitive tourist economy has affected local social structures and women’s roles, as well as women’s attitude to the spiritual realm. This […]

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Islam and development: opportunities and constraints for Somali women

01/03/1999

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Islam and development: opportunities and constraints for Somali women

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Economic and social crisis can force communities to seek refuge in religious faith; in such situations, communities become more susceptible to the influence of groups which use religious beliefs as a means to gain power. Sadia Ahmed describes the effects on women’s lives of the rise of Islamic extremism in Somalia since the early 1990s. […]

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Religion, male violence, and the control of women: Pakistani Muslim men in Bradford, UK

01/03/1999

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Religion, male violence, and the control of women: Pakistani Muslim men in Bradford, UK

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This article examines Pakistani Muslim male violence in the public and private spheres in Bradford, UK, and explores the relationship between this and ideas of culture and religion. It contrasts male and female attitudes to Islam: some men are using it to justify violence against women, while women of all ages and backgrounds are using […]

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