1st Edition

Gender Planning and Development Theory, Practice and Training

By Caroline Moser Copyright 1993
298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

298 Pages
by Routledge

Gender planning is not an end in itself but a means by which women, through a process of empowerment, can emancipate themselves. Ultimately, its success depends on the capacity of women's organizations to confront subordination and create successful alliances which will provide constructive support in negotiating women's needs at the level of household, civil society, the state and the global... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Gender roles, the family and the household  3. Practical and strategic gender needs and the role of the state  4. Third World policy approaches to women in development  5. Towards gender planning  6. The institutionalization of gender planning  7. Operational procedures for implementing gender policies, programmes and projects  8. Training and strategies for gender planning  9. Towards an emancipation approach

Biography

Caroline Moser