Title:
Creating voice and carving space : redefining governance from a gender perspective
Authors:
Mukhopadhyay, M.
,
Meer, S.
Place:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
KIT Publishers
Year:
2004
PAGE:
214
Language:
eng
Subject:
Social and Political Change
Keywords:
governance
,
policy
,
women
,
participation
,
civil society
,
gender
Abstract:
The book is based on action research undertaken in eight country contexts across two regions, Southern Africa and South Asia, by sixteen civil society organisations. It provides insights into the changing role of civil society organisations representing women’s interests in facilitating ‘voice’ of the most marginalised women, and in developing strategies, methods and tools to bring poor women’s voices to governance institutions in order to ensure responsiveness in policy formulation and implementation. In contrast to dominant views of governance as a series of technical interventions to improve state functioning, this book looks at governance as political process. It investigates how women among marginalised groups can stake their claim to participation in governance, and create accountability of governance institutions to their interests and rights.
Note:
Check http://www.kit.nl/publishers for availability of a print edition of this title.
Organization:
KIT - Royal Tropical Institute
Country:
Bangladesh
,
India
,
Namibia
,
Pakistan
,
South Africa
,
Sri Lanka
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
Region:
Southern Africa
,
South Asia
Category:
Policy
Right:
© 2004 KIT
Document type:
E-Book/ E-Book Chapter
File:
113592.pdf