Large numbers of the population in Tower Hamlets are not in work, and have not been in work for prolonged periods of time. This workless population is likely to belong to the poorest...
The paper has a number of aims. First it will examine how empowerment has been conceptualised in the field of gender and development as well as the emergence of an explicit concern with women’s...
Alarm about the declining ratio of girls to boys in the Indian population, evidence of a particularly lethal form of gender discrimination, has overshadowed the more positive trend that is emerging in neighbouring Bangladesh...
“Daughters are a curse,” a mother hissed at me, enraged at the return home of a daughter whom she believed had been successfully married off. I first encountered the dark side of “son preference” that...
Microfinance and Social Mobilisation: Alternative Models of Social Change Professor Naila Kabeer Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:30 p.m. Market Hall, Peterborough The density of associational life in a society is considered to contribute to...
Thinkpiece #2. This thinkpiece considers the power of association and collective action to transform the lives and livelihoods of marginalised groups, particularly poor women in poor countries, and explores examples of grassroots action. ...
Struggles for gender justice by women’s movements have sought to give legal recognition to gender equality at both national and international levels. However, such society-wide goals may have little resonance in the lives of...
In his account of daily life in Faridpur at the start of the 20th century, the British District Officer J.C. Jack observed that while many young boys were attending school, girls stayed at home,...
Introduction to Feminist Economics Special Issue on Gender and International Migration Volume 18 (2) By Lourdes Beneria, Carmen Diana Deere and Naila KabeerThis contribution examines the connections between gender and international migration around three...
Pathways researchers, Naila Kabeer, Dzodzi Tsikata and Hania Sholkamy, working on paid work as a pathway to women’s empowerment discussed their findings with UN Women Executive Director, Ms Michelle Bachelet in a courtesy call...