It appears that an almost unquestioned development pathway for achieving gender equity
and women's empowerment has taken centre stage in mainstream development. This …

Every year on 8 March, International Women's Day (IWD) reminds the world community of
women's achievement in economic, political and social life. In some countries–Russia …

This study shifts the focus from building individual capacities to understanding the relational
acts through which empowerment and education acquire their value and meaning …

International organizations have expressed widespread agreement that gender equality is
an important social and economic goal. The assessment of trends in gender equality in well …

Abstract Ester Boserup's book Women's role in economic development marked an important
step in understanding the position of women in developing economies. Her book, along with …

Organisations in general play a pivotal role between the individual and their societies at
large–and have the potential to be at the cutting edge of gender transformation. More …

This study formally introduces WIDER's new research programme on women in
development. The issues covered in this study are as wide-ranging as is the field of women …

This report provides tremendous insight on gender norms an area that has been resistant to
change, and that constrains achievement of gender equality across many diverse cultures …

This article provides a background on the feminist frameworks at the foundation of research
conducted from a gender perspective, showing that development research that ignores the …

Women's economic empowerment (WEE) has become a crucial part of national and
international policy-making agendas in the last decades. It has also developed into a field of …