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Gender, religion, culture & social identities

Culture, gender equality and development cooperation (pdf 68kb)

This publication examines key issues in development assistance activities relating to culture, gender and equality.

It examines to following areas:

- The contextual definition of culture
- Are cultures and traditions unchanging?
- How is gender related to culture?
- Are development initiatives culturally-neutral?
- Can development initiatives be gender-neutral?
- Are we imposing "western" values?
- Why is cultural sensitivity important?

Resource link:
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/2/ 9/1896320.pdf
Published: 2002
Source: OECD (http://www.oecd.org)
Added to ADG on: 14 April 2008 , contributed by: ADG team
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