Title: Decentralization, local development and women's empowerment : innovating knowledge and practice

Authors: Swartz, Sara

Place: [Rome

Publisher: KIP Rome office]

Year: 2012

Journal: Universitas forum : journal on human development and international cooperation

Volume: Vol. 3, No. 1

PAGE: --

Subject: Rural Decentralization and Local Governance

Keywords: development assistance, gender, women, empowerment, local government, decentralization in government

Abstract: Decentralization and local development have opened spaces that women are occupying increasingly. In this process, women are empowered socially, economically and politically and contribute to transform these new spaces in vital ways.

URL: http://www.universitasforum.org/index.php/ojs/issue/view/7/showToc

Document type: E-article