03371nam a2200433 a 4500 1297 BD-DhAAL 20150218111210.0 150218s1995 enkc 001 0 eng 95002111 1856491919 : No price 1856491927 (pbk.) 1856491919 (cloth) 1856491927 (pbk.) WlAbNL eng WlAbNL Uk TOC BD-DhAAL HQ1236 .K37 1995 305.42 20 305.42 21 305.42 21 Karl, Marilee, 1942- 8606 Women and empowerment : participation and decision making / prepared by Marilee Karl. London : Zed, c1995. vii,173 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. Women and world development Bibliography: p163-166. - Includes index. 1. Obstacles and Opportunities. Forms of participation. How far have women come? Factors affecting women's political participation. Women's diversity. Political participation and the empowerment process -- 2. Women's Participation is Not New. New women's organizations emerge. International women's organizations. The women's peace movement -- 3. Women Mobilizing and Organizing. What is feminism? Feminism in practice. The power of information. Women in trade unions and workers' movements. Religious groups. Working with men in international NGOs -- 4. Participation in Politics and Public Life. One hundred years of struggle for the vote. Women in parliaments. Women at ministerial level. Women heads of state or government. Making a difference. Obstacles. Women in political parties. National and international civil service. Mechanisms for increasing women's participation. Women in movements for liberation and democracy. Moving towards democracy -- 5. Women and Development. 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. Women and world development Women in development. 8607 Women Political activity. 8608 Women executives. 8609 Women's rights. 8610 Women Legal status, laws, etc. 7886 Women Social conditions. 8611 Women Social networks. 8612 Women Economic conditions. 8613 ddc BK 33744 33744 0 0 ddc 0 305_420000000000000_KAR 0 52703 SCL SCL GEN 2015-02-18 2 305.42 KAR 3020001297 2019-08-01 2019-07-17 1 2015-02-18 BK