One step forward, two steps backward: Women's empowerment dance

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2009

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Blacksburg, VA: OIRED, Virginia Tech

Abstract

This presentation reviews changing attitudes towards gender issues in development work. This includes a discussion of empowerment and equity through the past thirty years as well as the impact of the recent food crisis in stimulating a shift towards a focus on rural women and income generation.

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Women, Gender, Gender equity, Gender empowerment, Women's rights, Girls education

Citation

Presented at the Women in International Development Discussion Series, OIRED, Blacksburg, VA, 18 November 2009