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Under Development: GenderA History of Development Through a Gender Prism: Feminist and Decolonial Perspectives

Under Development: Gender: A History of Development Through a Gender Prism: Feminist and... [The idea that women too have a genuine place in the history of the globalisation of capitalism — or, under its guise, the history of “development”, as it has been termed since the end of the Second World War — has gradually become obvious. Since the 1980s, gender issues have increasingly become an integral part of development organisation’s policy and programme priorities. Many states, as well, have adopted gender equality policies. All but four of the UN’s member states (189 of 193) have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Although a field of studies in “gender and development” has progressively been constructed, theorists of development have been hesitant to recognise the heuristic value of the concept of gender. This chapter examines how the concept of gender contributes to revisiting development studies.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Under Development: GenderA History of Development Through a Gender Prism: Feminist and Decolonial Perspectives

Part of the Gender, Development and Social Change Book Series
Editors: Verschuur, Christine; Guérin, Isabelle; Guétat-Bernard, Hélène
Verschuur, Christine
Under Development: Gender — Jan 22, 2016
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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
ISBN
978-1-349-67554-8
Pages
17 –41
DOI
10.1057/9781137356826_2
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Abstract

[The idea that women too have a genuine place in the history of the globalisation of capitalism — or, under its guise, the history of “development”, as it has been termed since the end of the Second World War — has gradually become obvious. Since the 1980s, gender issues have increasingly become an integral part of development organisation’s policy and programme priorities. Many states, as well, have adopted gender equality policies. All but four of the UN’s member states (189 of 193) have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Although a field of studies in “gender and development” has progressively been constructed, theorists of development have been hesitant to recognise the heuristic value of the concept of gender. This chapter examines how the concept of gender contributes to revisiting development studies.]

Published: Jan 22, 2016

Keywords: Social Movement; Capitalist Economy; International Labour Organisation; Feminist Movement; International Division

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