Guidelines for Integrating Issues of Women in Development Into University International Development Activities
Author: Mary Rojas
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 31
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Author: Mary Rojas
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 31
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Agency for International Development. Office of Women in Development
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 110
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKReport on the results and plans for the future of the U.S. Agency for International Development regarding gender issues
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 164
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mekki Mtewa
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9788170232711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hanna Papanek
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 32
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFuture work on issues concerning women and development requires an internationally oriented scholarship on women that is closely tied to both research and practice. American universities have not served us well in building that scholarship both because of failures to include international orientations and teaching and research concerning women. In the growth of an internationally oriented scholarship on women, several important groups have also remained aloof from each other instead of joining forces. Women in "area studies" were responsible for the first major United States academic conference on international feminist issues in 1976, but this initial effort did not lead to the integration with feminist scholarship and development studies that organizers had hoped for. The formation of the new Association of Women in Development in 1982 drew on other groups of academic researchers and practitioners, building on regional networks supported by USAID's Office for Women in Development. Although there is some overlap between the academic researchers primarily concerned with development research and practice and academic researchers focusing on teaching and research about women internationally, these two groups have not yet sufficiently linked forces to develop a body of research on both theory and policy. In development-assistance institutions, which play an important role in supporting both research and projects oriented to women in development, female staff are still few and lack power. This makes it difficult to consolidate critical and adversary research with activities that more directly serve the interests of development-assistance institutions. Developing the common ground of theory and policy is not the same thing as achieving consensus nor is consensus needed to carry forward our common enterprise. An important element in this common enterprise at the present time is to achieve better integration of findings and analyses about women and gender in the ideas prevailing in the development community. Far too many people concerned with development planning and research still consider that "women's issues" are simply a matter of advocacy by a few activists who can be satisfied by a few token gestures. This usually means that action and research concerning women are subjected to "false specialization" the creation of a special niche where women in marginal positions and small budgets lack institutional influence. It is crucial for the development community to realize that "women's issues" have arisen as a result of vast changes brought about by development. These changes represent fundamentally new problems for researchers and planners that must be approached in new ways. On the practical level, introducing "women's components" into projects, while important, should be seen only as steps in a broader process of integration. Women's projects are often needed because policies affect women adversely. Why not focus equal attention on achieving policy changes? This requires common efforts by many different individuals and groups concerned with women and gender relations. The internationalization of Women's Studies, the development of research paradigms that make gender central to analyses of social change, and rethinking development issues from a new perspective on women are all essential to meeting the challenges of the immediate future.
Author: G. Arthur Brown
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 21
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Development Coordination Committee
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 988
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Rita S Gallin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-06-26
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 1000612503
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis annual series, published in cooperation with the Women and International Development Program at Michigan State University, uses a multi-disciplinary approach to explore women's experiences across a wide range of geographical areas, economic sectors, and social institutions. The articles presented in each volume synthesize a growing body of literature on key issues, suggest priorities for research, and propose changes in development policy and programming. Each volume is divided into three major sections. In the first, contributors distill and interpret research in review articles; in the second–a trend report–they provide original analyses of existing data sets; and in the final section, they analyze a specific research concern from varying perspectives.
Author: International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 16
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKUN pub. Guidelines, women, rural women, economic and social development, developing countries - national level, local level, development planning and development project levels.