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<p>"Devaki Jain opens the doors of the United Nations and shows how it<br> has changed the female half of the world -- and vice versa. Women, Development, and<br> the UN is a book that every global citizen, government leader, journalist, academic,<br> and self-respecting woman should read." -- Gloria<br> Steinem</p> <p>"Devaki Jain's book nurtures your optimism in this<br> terrible war-torn decade by describing how women succeeded in empowering both<br> themselves and the United Nations to work toward a global leadership inspired by<br> human dignity." -- Fatema Mernissi</p> <p>In Women, Development, and<br> the UN, internationally noted development economist and activist Devaki Jain traces<br> the ways in which women have enriched the work of the United Nations from the time<br> of its founding in 1945. Synthesizing insights from the extensive literature on<br> women and development and from her own broad experience, Jain reviews the evolution<br> of the UN's programs aimed at benefiting the women of developing nations and the<br> impact of women's ideas about rights, equality, and social justice on UN thinking<br> and practice regarding development. Jain presents th

Author

Jain, Devaki, 1933-

Publisher

Bloomington: Indiana University Press

Published

2005

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253218193

Subjects

Science, History, Sociology