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Pathways of Women's EmpowermentPathways is a partnership with the Institute of Development Studies, which is running a research and communications programme linking academics, activists and practitioners to find out 'what works' to empower women. openDemocracy brings you the voices and views of women working in Ghana, Bangladesh, Brazil, Egypt, Palestine, Sudan and Nigeria. Articles for the initiative include contributions by Srilatha Batliwala, Andrea Cornwall, Mulki Al-Sharmani, Cecilia Sardenberg, Takyiwaa Manuh (you can also listen to Takyiwaa's interview here), Firdous Azim, Naila Kabeer, Emily Esplen, Ana Alice Alcântara and Rosalind Eyben. See also the related blog We would like to thank The Barrow Cadbury Trust and The Instititute of Development Studies, Sussex University, for supporting this project. As the UN moves to create a strong women's
agency led by an Under Secretary General, Charlotte Bunch argues that
leadership and funding will determine the real success of the new unit and how
powerful it will be
In her concluding report from the launch of
a global initiative to reform Muslim Family Law, Cassandra Balchin finds
solidarity in diversity and a growing convergence around human rights values.
Muslim scholars and activists from forty eight countries are today
launching a global initiative insisting that in the twenty first
century "there cannot be justice without equality" between men and
women.
Sky rocketing rates of women's employment in Muslim countries and recent scholarship that has developed a vision of Islam that insists on equality between men and women, mean that the global pressure to reform Muslim family law is mounting, writes Cassandra Balchin.
Jane Gabriel meets the actors and writers of the Cairo-based Women and Memory forum. Listen now
Meeting women's rights activists in Salvador, Brazil, Jane Gabriel finds there can be no talk of empowerment without first tackling endemic violence. Listen now
Development policy is embracing market-led growth and neglecting gender equality
Hussaina Abdullah spoke to Jane Gabriel about rebuilding civil society in Sierra Leone in the aftermath of civil war. Listen now
Despite an effective women's movement, Brazil has one of the lowest rates of female political participation in the world. Why?
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The new interest in "masculinities" risks losing the gender-justice dimension. It's time to talk
How the feminisation of labour markets is changing women, men, and the world economy
Islam's rise is also opportunity for young
urban women
Listen now to Takyiwaa Manuh on her work to empower women in Ghana
plus: tackling domestic violence in Africa
The reform of Egypt's family-law system was intended to advance women's rights. Has it worked?
Listen now to Dr Hania Sholkamy on gender and empowerment in Egypt, and the challenge of engaging with global feminism
Women’s real, diverse journeys make a progressive-sounding orthodoxy look stale
“Empowerment” was won, then lost - now women need to make it real
Andrea Cornwall, Srilatha Batliwala, Cecilia Sardenberg and Anne Marie Goetz talk to Jane Gabriel about feminism and gender in a neo-liberal age. Listen now
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