Women and Empowerment: Participation and Decisionmaking (Women & World Development)

by Marilee Karl (Author), Marilee Karl (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.48

  Empowerment is one of the major goals of feminist politics. This book is an exploration of the issues involved as women worldwide struggle to make their participation a reality. The author explains the notion of empowerment and the obstacles women face in achieving it. With examples drawn from a wide variety of countries, and an analysis that goes beyond the political arena of parties and governments to include women's participation in economic development, she describes the progress, albeit limited, they have already made. Throughout the account, the author emphasizes the strategies that women have used both within countries and internationally, and argues that the key to progress rests on the further organization and mobilization of women themselves.