Title: Gender and citizenship : overview report

Authors: Meer, Shamim and Sever, Charlie

Place: [Brighton

Publisher: University of Sussex]. Institute of development studies (IDS). BRIDGE

Year: cop. 2004

Journal: Cutting edge pack series

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Subject: Gender, Citizenship and Governance

Keywords: women's rights, civil and political rights, gender equality, gender mainstreaming

Abstract: The importance of citizenship and gender to development theory and practice is examined. Key debates in the literature on gender and citizenship are discussed and it is shown how reframing citizenship from a gender perspective can introduce rights and political participation as development goals.

URL: http://www.bridge.ids.ac.uk/reports/citizenship-report.pdf

Document type: Portal