Bøger i Gender, Society & Development serien

Ce livre explore l'explicite et, plus souvent, des hypothèses implicites dans la formation entre les sexes quant à la nature de la connaissance (épistémologie), la transmission des connaissances (pédagogie) et sachant (cognition). Il analyse la formation en genre de différents pays et contextes régionaux.

An extensive and up-to-date annotated bibliography of international resources (print and online) makes this a truly global sourcebook on strategies, approaches, and tools to mainstream gender-equality concerns in the formulation of health policy and practice.

An accessible and critical guide to the many resource and information centres working around the world to strengthen the position of women in society. It offers a global overview with a focus on the impact of the new information technologies.

This source book reflects a growing interest in practical experiences in confronting and embedding gender considerations in organizations. The introduction provides a context and considers some of the reasons for failed attempts to make gender sensitive policies a reality.

Five reviews focus on the disjuncture between law and practice in terms of women's property and land rights, inheritance, access to resources, marriage and employment; reflecting on the importance of women's participation, political organisation and mobilisation in order to redress gender imbalances in land and inheritance rights.

This book explores mainstreaming gender and women's issues in natural resources management: the security of women's rights to common property resources and land, mainstreaming gender in water policy, gender-responsive planning, empowering women in managing natural resources, and the development of gender policies for environmental ministries.

In this book, four case studies describe civil society initiatives that have intervened in governance and brought about changes in institutional practice, aiming to secure strategic gender interests, with a global perspective on governance and gender.

This book illustrates ways in which women have been able to make the most of digital opportunities, examining: E-commerce in Bhutan Entrepreneurship by women workers in China Post-conflict communication using radio and ICTs in Sierra Leone Sustainable fisheries production in Ghana Information exchange related to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean.

This book reviews experiences of gender training practitioners in a broad sense, including those involved in gender education and training as well as research. Contributors include gender advocates from different geographical regions (South Asia, the Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa) and divergent fields.