Women's Empowerment: What do men have to do with it? (HTML)
An article from the e-journal Contestations: dialogues on women’s empowerment.
This article, by Andrea Cornwall of the University of Sussex and Emily Esplen of One World Action, discusses the importance of viewing men as allies, rather than enemies, in the struggle for gender justice. The authors trace the ideological and practical problems faced by development practitioners trying to engage men in women’s empowerment. The article concludes with suggestions for ways forward.
This article, by Andrea Cornwall of the University of Sussex and Emily Esplen of One World Action, discusses the importance of viewing men as allies, rather than enemies, in the struggle for gender justice. The authors trace the ideological and practical problems faced by development practitioners trying to engage men in women’s empowerment. The article concludes with suggestions for ways forward.
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- 2010
- Women's Empowerment Research and Communications Programme (http://www.pathways-of-empowerment.org/)
- 09.12.2010 15:44 | Contributed by: Tony Voutas
- http://www.contestations.net/issues/issue-3/women%E2%80%99s-empowerment-what-do-men-have-to-do-with-it/
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