Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean
Women's Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean

Author: Elizabeth Maier

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 398

ISBN-13: 0813547288

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"This is a very exciting collection that will fill an important gap in what has emerged in comparative studies of women and Latin American democracies. Maier and Lebon provide provocative overview essays, and the chapters trace a range of cases from Argentina and Brazil to Nicaragua and Venezuela, showing how institutions. leaders and culture all shape the opportunities and challenges women face."---Jane Jaquette, editor of Feminist Agendas and Democracy in Latin America --

Men at Work
Men at Work

Author: Cecile Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-23

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1135276293

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Gender analysis of development focuses on gender relations, rather than women and men as separate gender categories, but it has necessarily been women-orientated in its concerns with subordination. This work moves gender analysis towards a fuller understanding of men's diverse gendered identities, and how these are implicated in their everyday working lives in developing country contexts. The questions addressed in the papers range from conceptual and methodological issues of definitions and measurement of men's work, to case studies of working men in specific settings, but all are concerned with the recognition of gendered vulnerabilities of (some) men as men, as well as with a re-thinking of gender relations in the light of consideration of the subjectivities of specific groups of men.

Measuring Empowerment
Measuring Empowerment

Author: Deepa Narayan-Parker

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 0821360574

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Large-scale poverty reduction depends on the effective empowerment of poor people themselves. This publication sets out a conceptual framework that can be used to monitor and evaluate empowerment programmes, based on papers written by practitioners and researchers in a wide variety of fields, including economics and political science, sociology and psychology, anthropology and demography. These papers draw on research and practical experience at different levels, from households to communities to nations and in various regions of the world.

Empowering Women in Bangladesh
Empowering Women in Bangladesh

Author: Shajeda Aktar

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-08-05

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1000422364

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This book investigates the deep linkages between gender and grassroots politics. It studies how women candidates in Bangladesh are elected in reserved seats in the local government bodies and explores the challenges that they face both from within the domestic unit and from the government administration. The book focuses on grassroots-level governance and provides a comparative study between selected rural and urban local government institutions in different socio-economic, educational, and cultural contexts. It documents loopholes in the system of quota seats for women, allocation of electoral constituency, and elected representatives’ rights and responsibilities. It also studies the life-changing impact of women at different levels of governance and society and offers important policy implications for furthering their participation and empowerment. A major intervention in the study of Bangladesh and its politics, this key text will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of political science, public administration, gender studies, public policy, and South Asian studies.

Crisis and Hope
Crisis and Hope

Author: Gustavo Fischman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-12-16

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 113595125X

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This book seeks to offer the most up-to-date and relevant sample of contemporary research on Latin American education, by inviting the reader to understand the complexities, heterogenetics, nightmares, dreams, crisis and promises of education in the region.

Globalization, Universities and Issues of Sustainable Human Development
Globalization, Universities and Issues of Sustainable Human Development

Author: Jean Larson Pyle

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1843767392

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This volume raises an important question: Given the fast-changing global economy and the challenges it presents, what is the role for the university as an institution promoting sustainable human development? The editors begin by outlining the changes associated with the recent wave of globalization, particularly transformations in the relative power of institutions internationally. They analyze the constraints universities face in industrialized and developing countries in promoting sustainable human development.