Feminist Advocacy and Gender Equity in the Anglophone Caribbean
Author | : Michelle V. Rowley |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2013-05-13 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781136839450 |
ISBN-10 | : 1136839453 |
Rating | : 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Download or read book Feminist Advocacy and Gender Equity in the Anglophone Caribbean written by Michelle V. Rowley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses the Anglophone Caribbean as its site of critique to explore two important questions within development studies. First, to what extent has the United Nations' call to implement gender-mainstreaming projects resulted in the realization of gender equity for women within developing societies? Second, does gender-mainstreaming have the conceptual, operational, and technical capacities to address the centrality of the body in 21st-century lobbies for gender equity? In answering these questions, Rowley examines such issues as reproductive rights and equity, sexual harassment, and sexual minorities' rights.