Women in the Context of International Development and Co-Operation: Review and Perspectives Selected Papers and Abstracts Presented at the ... Entwicklungs- Und Umweltforschung)

The &la" Developing Country Prize and the prize &la" Law and Development of the Justus-Liebig-University, Gieen, provoke academic contributions to the improvement of the living conditions in developing countries. This book is written to document the results of the interdisciplinary symposium &la" Women in the context of international development and co-operation - review and perspectives. Its content is based on the awarded research projects on this topic and synthesizes the broad knowledge and experience of German political foundations, and also national institutions of Development Co-operation in the field focusing on the role of women as key actors of development and co-operation in poor countries. The intention of this book is to present the state of the art and to have the challenge for all relevant institutions and organisations to provide more gender-balanced policy, technical advice to address sustainable and development needs for men and women. Contents: Angelika Hartmann: Opening remarks - Ingrid-Ute Leonhauser: Eulogy to the prize winner Dr. Emma Zapata Martelo - Emma Zapata Martelo: Organized Women: Their Voices and Spaces - Ulrike Rotten: Impact of labour-intensive public works on nutrition security - Katinka Weinberger: Women's participation: Is it the same thing under a different setting? - Judith Bernhard: Meat and fish consumption in Burkina Faso with special regard to gender - Astrid Ritter-Weil: The role of women in development politics: Views and experiences of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung - Monika Baumhauer: The role of women in development politics: views and experiences of the Konarad-Adenauer-Stiftung - Gabriele Reitmeier/Almut Thebaud: Women's interestsin development policy: views and experiences of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung - Annekathrin Linck: Empowerment of women in political decision making processes. Local and global strategies of women in political agenda setting, Heinrich-Boll-Stiftung - Bianca Schimmel: WWomen in the Context of International Development and Co-Operation: Review and Perspectives Selected Papers and Abstracts Presented at the ... Entwicklungs- Und Umweltforschung), with ISBN 9780820454368 and ISBN 0820454362.