1st Edition
Rethinking Gender in Development Practice Lessons from the Field
Introduction
Emily Finlay
1. Is development work still so straight? Heteronormativity in the development sector over a decade on
Susie Jolly
2. Buzzwords and fuzzwords: deconstructing development discourse
Andrea Cornwall
3. Taking the power out of empowerment – an experiential account
Srilatha Batliwala
4. Seeing empowerment as relational: lessons from women participating in development projects in Cambodia
Philippe Doneys, Donna L. Doane, and Sina Norm
5. Targeting women or transforming institutions?
Naila Kabeer
6. Defining women’s empowerment in women and girl safe spaces: a call for collective self-determination
Hala Nasr
7. From complexity to simplicity – how chasing success stories affects gendered NGO practices
Maren Olene Kloster
8. Research uptake, lessons from a multi-country global program: What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls
Leane Ramsoomar, Rebecca Ladbury, and Rachel Jewkes
9. A study on capacity development in the ‘What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women’ program
Samantha Willan, Alice Kerr-Wilson, Anna Parke, and Andrew Gibbs
10. The gendered impact of COVID-19 on FGM
Ottis Mubaiwa, Tamsin Bradley, and Jane Meme
11. Shifting gender roles: an analysis of violence against women in post-conflict Uganda
Anasuya Sengupta and Muriel Calo
12. Exploring the use of film to stimulate dialogue on the issues of gender inequality in Samoa
Ramona Boodoosingh and Safua Akeli Amaama
Biography
Emily Finlay is Managing Editor of the journal Development in Practice; an Affiliate of Monash University’s School of Philosophical, Historical, and International Studies, Australia; and Chair of the Institute of Professional Editors’ Standing Committee on Academic Editing.
Patrick Kilby is Editor in Chief of the journal Development in Practice and has honorary Associate Professor positions at both the Australian National University and the University of New South Wales, Australia. He has over forty years’ experience working in development both as a practitioner and an academic.
Rochelle Spencer is Deputy Editor of the journal Development in Practice and co-Director of the Research for Development Impact Network, Australia. Her research interests include the rural livelihoods in Africa, gender and development, feminist and participatory processes, Indigenous social enterprise, and development tourism.
Joyce Wu (PhD) is Senior Lecturer in Global Development at the School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales, Australia. She is a Deputy Editor of Development in Practice.
