Feminists in Development Organizations - Change from the margins (Paperback, UK ed.)

Feminists in Development Organizations arises from a collaborative project between 2007 and 2012 in which a group of feminists working inside the head offices of multilateral organizations, government aid agencies and international non-governmental organizations came together to critically reflect on their work. The personal stories in this book show that these feminists are 'tempered radicals' positioned on the border of the development agencies that employ them. It is a place where they are neither fully one thing nor another: neither fully paid-up, pen-pushing bureaucrats, nor full-blown feminist activists on the barricades. Nevertheless, feminist bureaucrats see their work as urgent, essential and a necessary contribution to global efforts to achieve women's rights. This book reflects on the progress of gender mainstreaming. It shows how feminists can build effective strategies to influence development organizations to foster greater understanding and forge more effective alliances for social change. This book is aimed at staff of development organizations - who want their organizations to become an instrument in helping transforming the lives of women - and at students and researchers concerned with the politics of gender mainstreaming.

General

Imprint:	Practical Action Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2013
Editors:	Rosalind Eyben • Laura Turquet
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	244
Edition:	UK ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-85339-805-6
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Development studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
LSN:	1-85339-805-5
Barcode:	9781853398056

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