· 2013
Development Crises and Alternative Visions
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Short summary
Development policies, despite good intentions, have reinforced women's subordination and worsened their position, particularly during the UN Decade for Women (1975-85).
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Key points
- Women constitute over half of the world's farmers and are disproportionately affected by poverty, lack of education, and environmental disasters.
- Development policies, intended to help, have often perpetuated social inequalities and worsened women's subordination.
- The period of the United Nations Decade for the Advancement of Women (1975-1985) saw a decline in women's position.
- Global economic and political crises (debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism) significantly impact women's lives and their ability to organize for survival.
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Abstract
More than half of the world's farmers are women. They are the majority of the poor, the uneducated and are the first to suffer from drought and famine. Yet their subordination is reinforced by well-meaning development policies that perpetuate social inequalities. During the 1975-85 United Nations Decade for the Advancement of Women their position actually worsened. This book analyses three decades of policies towards Third World women. Focusing on global economic and political crises - debt, famine, militarization, fundamentalism - the authors show how women's moves to organize effective strategies for basic survival are central to an understanding of the development process.
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