Women and empowerment : participation and decision making - Karl, Marilee, 1942- (London : Zed, 1995)
Women-in-development approaches. New visions of development. Mainstreaming women. Gender and development. Mainstreaming and gender planning strategies. Empowerment approaches. At the grassroots -- 6. International Mobilization of Women in and Around the United Nations. The League of Nations. Women on the United Nations agenda. International Women's Year. The First World Conference on Women and the Decade for Women. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The Mid-Decade Conference on Women. International women's organizations and the Decade. The end of the Decade and new beginnings. New opportunities and challenges in the 1990s. Towards the year 2000 -- 7. Conclusion: The Challenges Ahead -- Ann. I: A Guide to Education and Action -- Ann. II: The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women -- Ann. III: List of Organizations.
Bibliography: p163-166. - Includes index.
Keywords: Women in development; Women -- Political activity; Women executives; Women's rights; Women -- Legal status, laws, etc; Women -- Social conditions; Women -- Social networks; Women -- Economic conditions