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Women, Feminism, and Development by Huguette Dagenais et Denise Piché = Femmes, féminisme, et développement / sous la direction de Huguette Dagenais et Denise Piché is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Women, Feminism, and Development about?

For the past 20 years, feminist grass-root movements, professionals, and researchers have shown how the social construction of gender relations interacts with all forms of imperialism to mould the dominant ideologies of development. Based on a constant dialogue between theory and practice, research and action, their analyses of society and international development begin with women's experience and aim at policies and actions directed toward social change and the empowerment of women. "Women, Feminism and Development" illustrates the significance and relevance of work on development carried out from a feminist perspective, with a particular focus on the contribution of Canadian researchers and activists. Covering a wide range of themes and concerns, the volume gathers authors from different organizational backgrounds and academic disciplines, and includes chapters on such different cultural and geographical areas as China, Malaysia and Thailand, Mexico and the West Indies, Uganda, Malawi and Ghana, and Canadian Inuit and Indian communities. A unity of purpose as well as a call for a fundamental reconceptualization of society emerge from these varied voices. "Women, Feminism and Dev

Who reads Women, Feminism, and Development?

Author

Huguette Dagenais et Denise Piché = Femmes, féminisme, et développement / sous la direction de Huguette Dagenais et Denise Piché

Publisher

Published for the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women by McGill-Queen's University Press = Publié pour l'Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes par McGill-Queen's University Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780773511842

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Science, Gender Studies