Review ‘It is essential that we create a new normal―in our homes, in our nations, and in this United States―and that is what the dedicated and talented women and men whose voices are represented...
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...
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...
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...
A gender analysis of poverty and vulnerability makes an important contribution to the task of constructing an inclusive social protection strategy – it draws attention to some of the ways that gender differentiates the...
IDRC Highlight: Exploring how to increase women’s labour market participation 26/01/2012, London, UK, Global Events IDRC and the UK Department of International Development (DFID) convened an expert meeting in January 2012, hosted by the...
The Millennium Development Goals are set to expire in 2015. Never before has a group of global goals so galvanized the world to fight poverty, disease and hunger. But What Next? A lively debate...