This paper outlines the evolution of arguments by feminist and sustainable and human development advocates that focus on rights-based development and which include the integration of a feminist perspective in development practice. It is organised into three sections outlining (i) key concepts, (ii) evolution of the feminist debate on gender and development as well as some of the different frameworks for conducting gender analysis, and (iii) review of the human development approach and its potential for advancing gender justice
Today, the worldwide development concern is going through a new awareness of the importance of women...
Women have a vital role to play in the overall development of the nation. Their full participation i...
In recent years there has been increased attention to the importance of gender in securing long-term...
Recent feminist critiques of development have questioned some fundamental assumptions of f...
Social justice is defined in the paper as fairness (or righteousness) in dealing with one another fo...
The struggle for women’s liberation from male domination transcends barriers related to social class...
The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and...
The process of development in the developing countries had, by and large, marginalised women and dep...
‘Gender equality’ may have made it into the language of mainstream development. But in most parts of...
Strengthening people’s capacity to determine their own priorities and to act on them is the basis of...
International human rights declarations, conventions and protocols such as the Universal Declaration...
At a time of major changes in global politics and trends, and major shifts in international developm...
Achieving Gender parity has become a great concern for the world today. It is considered as a part o...
Mainstream institutions have only begun to address issues in Gender and Development since the 1970s,...
Several gendered approaches to development– like the variants (equity, ‘anti-poverty’ and ‘efficienc...
Today, the worldwide development concern is going through a new awareness of the importance of women...
Women have a vital role to play in the overall development of the nation. Their full participation i...
In recent years there has been increased attention to the importance of gender in securing long-term...
Recent feminist critiques of development have questioned some fundamental assumptions of f...
Social justice is defined in the paper as fairness (or righteousness) in dealing with one another fo...
The struggle for women’s liberation from male domination transcends barriers related to social class...
The concept of women’s development has now become an integral part of the development discourses and...
The process of development in the developing countries had, by and large, marginalised women and dep...
‘Gender equality’ may have made it into the language of mainstream development. But in most parts of...
Strengthening people’s capacity to determine their own priorities and to act on them is the basis of...
International human rights declarations, conventions and protocols such as the Universal Declaration...
At a time of major changes in global politics and trends, and major shifts in international developm...
Achieving Gender parity has become a great concern for the world today. It is considered as a part o...
Mainstream institutions have only begun to address issues in Gender and Development since the 1970s,...
Several gendered approaches to development– like the variants (equity, ‘anti-poverty’ and ‘efficienc...
Today, the worldwide development concern is going through a new awareness of the importance of women...
Women have a vital role to play in the overall development of the nation. Their full participation i...
In recent years there has been increased attention to the importance of gender in securing long-term...