Developing Power : How Women Transformed International Development /

"In every nation around the world, women have long occupied the pivotal place in social and economic life on its most basic and meaningful levels. Yet the international development programs that grew in the mid-twentieth century largely ignored or bypassed women's ideas, women's right...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Tinker, Irene, Fraser, Arvonne S.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2004.
Edición:1st Feminist Press ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vereinte Nationen.
United Nations.
Vereinte Nationen
Entwicklungspolitik.
Politik.
Frau.
Internationale Kooperation.
Women's rights.
Women > Political activity.
Women in development > International cooperation.
Women in development.
Politik
Internationale Kooperation
Frau
Entwicklungspolitik
Femmes > Droits.
Femmes > Activite politique.
Femmes dans le developpement > Cooperation internationale.
Femmes dans le developpement.
Aufsatzsammlung.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : ideas into action / Irene Tinker
  • Crossroads for women at the UN / Aziza Hussein
  • Breaking new ground at the UN and the World Bank / Gloria Scott
  • The UN, women, and development : the World Conferences on Women / Leticia Ramos Shahani
  • Walking my own road : how a sabbatical year led to a United Nations career / Margaret Snyder
  • Walking on eggshells at the UN / Kristen Timothy
  • Challenging wisdom, changing policies : the women in development movement / Irene Tinker
  • Striding forward: an Italian NGO in the developing nations / Daniela Colombo
  • The International Women's Tribune Center : expanding the struggle for women's rights at the UN / Anne S. Walker
  • Isis International : a Latin American perspective / Ana María Portugal
  • Women's world banking / Michaela Walsh
  • A view from the South : a story of intersections / Devaki Jain
  • A Caribbean journey : defending feminist politics / Peggy Antrobus
  • Searching for equality : WID needed at home and abroad / Vivian Lowery Derryck
  • Seizing opportunities : USAID, WID, and CEDAW / Arvonne S. Fraser
  • Toward empowerment : influencing the Netherlands aid programs / Geertje Lycklama à Nijeholt
  • Crossing the line : from academia to the WID office at USAID / Jane S. Jaquette
  • Full circle : from academia to government and back / Elsa M. Chaney
  • A Brazilian feminist and a new constitution / Jacqueline Pitanguy
  • Pioneering women's forestry issues at FAO / Marilyn W. Hoskins
  • Creating a commonwealth sisterhood / Dorienne Rowan-Campbell
  • Women empowering women through NGOs / Elise Fiber Smith
  • Gardening for development / Martha Wells Lewis
  • The Ford Foundation and the power of international sisterhood / Cornelia Butler Flora
  • Hard minds and soft hearts : a university memoir / Kathleen Cloud
  • Notes from the middle border : WID on campus / Jane B. Knowles
  • Straddling borders : global to local / Kathleen Staudt
  • Education, women, and politics in Kenya / Eddah W. Gachukia.

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