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About Andrea Cornwall

Andrea Cornwall is a fellow of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, southern England. She is the editor of Spaces For Change? The Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas (Zed Books, 2006) and co-editor (with Elizabeth Harrison and Ann Whitehead) of Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development(

Articles by Andrea Cornwall

Wednesday 10th February

Deliberation – Lessons from Brazil

Andrea Cornwall, 10 February 2010
By giving people permission to dream, space to debate, chance to learn, opportunities to contribute to righting deep-rooted wrongs, Brazil is creating a nation of informed, politically engaged citizens. The UK can learn from its example.
Wednesday 6th January

Taking a seat on Brazil's health councils

Andrea Cornwall, Vera Schattan P. Coelho, and Alex Shankland, 6 January 2010
Monday 30th July

Pathways of women's empowerment

Andrea Cornwall, 30 July 2007
Women’s real, diverse journeys make a progressive-sounding orthodoxy look stale
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