Essays about: "WID and GAD"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words WID and GAD.

1. 1. Women Empowered in their Vulnerability : An In-depth Case Study about the Framing of Gender in the EU’s Development Cooperation with Ethiopia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Julia Mikkola; [2020]
   Keywords : The EU; Development Cooperation; Gender Equality; Gender Mainstreaming; Ethiopia;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this master’s thesis is to increase our understanding about the framing of gender in EU’s development policies. To reflect to this aim, the thesis examines how gender is framed in EU’s development cooperation with Ethiopia in the governance sector. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender, Development and the World Bank - A Critical Discourse Analysis of women in World Development Reports between 1998 - 2018

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Ahling Yeh; [2018]
   Keywords : critical discourse analysis; women; World Bank; gender equality;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to look at how women are represented in neoliberal discourses of development, if there has been a change on representation of women over the last three decades and how these discourses reflect broader developments in gender equality. The World Bank has been selected to serve as an instance of neoliberal development discourse and one World Development Report (WDR) from each decade is analysed. READ MORE

4. 3. Following the mainstream? : A case study on the women's organisation Kvinna till Kvinna and its potential shift in ideology

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Jennie Sjöstrand; [2014]
   Keywords : GAD; gender mainstreaming; Kvinna till Kvinna; WID;

   Abstract : Abstract In the 1970s women started to be taken specifically into consideration when talking about development. Over time several approaches appeared where the focus varied from integrating women into existing structures in society (Women In Development (WID)) to changing the socially constructed gender roles (Gender And Development (GAD)). READ MORE

5. 4. When the other became the actor : A critical discourse analysis of women in Swedish development policy since the 60s

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Cathérine Söderberg; [2013]
   Keywords : Boserup; WID; WAD; GAD; gender mainstreaming; women; Swedish development policy; foreign aid; critical discourse analysis.;

   Abstract : By adopting the Policy for Global Development (PGD) in 2003 the Swedish parliament established gender mainstreaming as a goal in development cooperation policy, thereby emphasizing women’s role as agents of empowerment in development. This has not always been the case. READ MORE

6. 5. Women within Development Projects - The Case of Turkey Local Agenda 21 Program

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Simla Yavas; [2010]
   Keywords : Women in Development; Women’s Councils; Turkey LA-21 Program; gender equality; women’s empowerment; Women’s participation; development projects; Gender and Development; Empowerment approach.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Theoretical frameworks of women in development (WID), gender and development (GAD) and Empowerment have influenced the discourses and practices of development projects on women’s participation since the 1970s. The main concern has been whether development projects’ inclusion of women can promote gender equality and women’s empowerment rather than participation of women in numbers. READ MORE