Women' Studies Quarterly 31: 3-4: Women and Development: Rethinking Policy and Reconceptualizing Practice

by Frances Vavrus (Editor)

Since the birth of the international Women in Development (WID) movement in the 1970s, feminist scholars, activists, practitioners, and community members have challenged the oft-destructive effects of traditional development models, which frequently ignore the socioeconomic activities and concerns of women. This issue of WSQ takes as its focus the gendered effects of on-the-ground development policies and practices, as well as the growing significance of post-development theory and action in academia. Alongside this close look at current programming and policy trends in development, this timely volume also explores the meaning of development and the programs -designed to achieve it in different geographical contexts, which continue to generate lively feminist debate.

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2003