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The evaporation of gender policies in the patriarchal cooking pot

01/05/1997

9 pages long

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The evaporation of gender policies in the patriarchal cooking pot

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This article suggests that gender-oriented policies tend to evaporate within the bureaucracy of the typical international development agency. An agency is here represented as a ‘patriarchal cooking pot’, in which gender policies are likely to evaporate because they threaten the internal patriarchal tradition of the agency, and also because such policies would upset the cosy […]

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Managing organisational change: the gendered’ organisation of space and time

01/02/1997

11 pages long

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Managing organisational change: the gendered’ organisation of space and time

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This article examines the experiences of women and men staff in the world’s largest national NGO, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC), to investigate the impact of the organisation of space and time on women’s capacity to become effective development workers. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table […]

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Women’s rights, the family, and organisational culture: a Lesotho case study

01/02/1997

6 pages long

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Women’s rights, the family, and organisational culture: a Lesotho case study

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This article discusses the work of Lesotho Save the Children (LSC) in caring for girls who have suffered sexual abuse within their families. Support takes the form of providing refuge in the ‘substitute family’ setting of a Children’s Village in Maseru, Lesotho’s capital, where counselling and rehabilitation is offered. This article is hosted by our […]

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AFRA confronts gender issues: the process of creating a gender strategy

01/02/1997

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AFRA confronts gender issues: the process of creating a gender strategy

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The process of incorporating a gender strategy for its work was not without problems for AFRA. In the South African context, the issues of race and gender can interact to cause conflict and misunderstanding. This article describes how the organisation dealt with the difficulties that had to be overcome in order to develop a common […]

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Implementing a gender policy in ACORD: strategies, constraints, and challenges

01/02/1997

7 pages long

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Implementing a gender policy in ACORD: strategies, constraints, and challenges

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This short article examines the evolution of ACORD’s approach to gender issues, and summarises the main conclusions emerging from a recent review of the organisation’s gender policy. Some strengths and weaknesses of particular strategies adopted at various levels of the organisation are indicated. The article goes on to discuss future directions for the implementation. This […]

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Promoting women entrepreneurs in Lebanon: the experience of UNIFEM

01/02/1997

5 pages long

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Promoting women entrepreneurs in Lebanon: the experience of UNIFEM

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This article gives a personal perspective on a programme in which UNIFEM has been involved, which aimed to strengthen the capabilities of governmental and non-governmental organisations working on micro-enterprise, and to make the services they provide sensitive to gender concerns. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of […]

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Establishing a feminist culture: the experience of Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network

01/02/1997

8 pages long

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Establishing a feminist culture: the experience of Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network

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This is an account of the experience of ZWRCN in attempting to establish a feminist organisational culture, analysing the successes, and describing the pitfalls encountered. In order to create such an organisational culture, a shared vision is essential. The author raises critical issues for organisations wishing to question the ways of working of traditional bureaucracies. […]

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Rethinking organisations: a feminist perspective

01/02/1997

7 pages long

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Rethinking organisations: a feminist perspective

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In April 1996, 24 women and men from Asia, Africa, Latin and North America, and Europe met for five days in Canada, to share their experience of helping organisations, especially development organisations, to include women in their programmes, and ensure equitable power relations between women and men. This article gives an account of some of […]

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Making the human development index (HDI) gender-sensitive

01/02/1997

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Making the human development index (HDI) gender-sensitive

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The Human Development Index (HDI) has become a widely used measure for understanding patterns of socio-economic development. This article argues that it could be greatly improved by incorporating sex-disaggregated data, to reveal the different socio-economic contributions and situations of men and women within each country. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. […]

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Introduction

01/02/1997

7 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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