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Investment finance: off limits for women

01/10/1993

2 pages long

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Investment finance: off limits for women

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Only one in ten of Zambians in business are women. Those involved in economic investment have relied upon male connections in the Government and private sector. This articles explores why it is hard for women to access finance, making them dependent on the informal sector, and why the few businesswomen there are have ‘feminine’ lines […]

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Gender, economic growth, and poverty

01/10/1993

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Anti-poverty programmes (APPs) in Asia are not benefiting women. Heyzer explores the reasons why: failure to address unequal opportunities, failure to appreciate the different social responsibilities of men and women, and a false distinction, in economic terms, between the domestic and non-domestic spheres. APPs are needed that target households, because poverty has its greatest impact […]

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Structural adjustment: cure or curse?

01/10/1993

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Antrobus explains why gender analysis of structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) is important. She calls on planners and development practitioners to conduct such analysis, both at the macroeconomic level (how SAPs affect societies and economies) and also at microeconomic level (SAPs have greatest impact upon households). Structural adjustment programmes have been formulated around – and strengthen […]

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Gender relations and economic issues

01/10/1993

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In order to ensure that the different effects of economic issues on men and women are addressed, organisation at grassroots level and discussion with economists, are necessary. This article aims to close the gap in thinking between women’s groups and female social scientists on the one hand, and economists, officials and business managers on the […]

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Introduction

01/10/1993

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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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Life during wartime: women and conflict in Afghanistan

01/06/1993

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Life during wartime: women and conflict in Afghanistan

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This article has arisen from forty interviews with women in Afghanistan, to find out the effects the civil war is having on their lives. The interviews revealed less obviously apparent impacts of war; those relating to mental and physical health problems, including suicide attempts, associated with trauma; most of the women were no longer able […]

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Forced prostitution of women and girls in Brazil

01/06/1993

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Forced prostitution of women and girls in Brazil

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Anti-Slavery International is calling for the Brazilian Government and the ‘Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery of Children’ to unite in efforts against the trafficking of women and girls in Brazil. These two bodies should also raise awareness of what has recently become an increasing problem. This article explains how women are tricked into […]

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Conflict and the women of Chad

01/06/1993

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In times of war, the poorest people in communities – usually women and children – are most affected. The 1979 civil war in Chad plunged many women into poverty, especially in urban areas. Yet at the same time the conflict smashed Chad’s patriarchal social order allowing women to move into traditionally male roles. Their contribution […]

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The psychosocial effects of ‘La Violencia’ on widows of El Quiché, Guatemala

01/06/1993

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The psychosocial effects of ‘La Violencia’ on widows of El Quiché, Guatemala

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This article explores the psychosocial effects of war on Maya Indian widows in villages in Guatemala’s El Quiche province. For three years the Government sponsored terrorism as part of a 30-year civil war in Guatemala. Zur examines the different forms of violence the women face, their changing roles and increasing politicisation, and how pre-existing community […]

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Domestic violence as a development issue

01/06/1993

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Domestic violence as a development issue

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Western organisations need to ensure that violence against women is a central concern in development policies. They can do this by: supporting women in the South; tackling misconceptions that surround different forms of violence; and being prepared to confront unequal power relations that provide a framework to the violence. A case study of an NGO […]

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