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Pathways and Related Publications

Publications


Conceptions of Women's Empowerment


N. Akua Anyidoho and T. Manuh, 2010, 'Discourses on Women's Empowerment in Ghana', Development, 53(2): 267-273

S. Batliwala, 2007, 'Putting the Power Back into Empowerment', openDemocracy article, 30 July

Contestations, 2010, 'Islam and Feminism', Edited by Hania Sholkamy, Issue 1, Pathways

A. Cornwall and N. A. Anyidoho, 2010, 'Women's Empowerment: Contentions and Contestations', Development 53(2): 144-149

A. Cornwall and J. Edwards (eds), 2010, 'Negotiating Empowerment', IDS Bulletin, 41(2), Brighton: Institute of Development Studies. See also a summary of the introduction from this Bulletin on the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre website (GSDRC).

A. Cornwall, 2009, 'New Narratives of Women's Empowerment', audio from Andrea's Sussex Development Lecture at the University of Sussex.

A. Cornwall, 2007, 'Pathways of Women's Empowerment', openDemocracy article, 30 July

A. Cornwall, J. Gideon and K. Wilson, 2008, Reclaiming Feminism: Gender and Neoliberalism, IDS Bulletin, 39(6), Brighton: Institute of Development Studies

E. Esplen, S. Heerah and C. Hunter, 2006, Women's Empowerment: An Annotated Bibliography, Bridge and Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC: Brighton

Pathways Team, 2010, Pathways Guide to Empowerment, youtube (Pathways Channel). Researchers talk about their views on the concept and term 'empowerment' in the light of their research.

Real World DVD cover

Real World scheme DVD, 2010, 'Women's Stories from Palestine and Brazil' featuring two documentary films:
A Vida Politica, Directed by Kat Mansoor - looking at activism Brazilian-style through the eyes of four women engaged in struggles for abortion rights, political representation, sex worker rights and racial empowerment.
Thorns and Silk, Directed by Paulina Tervo - showing four women who are doing jobs that many regard as a male preserve negotiating empowerment in their everyday lives in a context dominated by the experience of the Israeli occupation.

The Real World scheme was set up by Pathways and Screen South.

C. Sardenberg, 2010, 'Women's Empowerment in Brazil: Tensions in Discourse and Practice', Development, 53(2): 232-238

C. Sardenberg, 2009, 'Liberal vs Liberating Empowerment: Latin America' Pathways Working Paper 7 (pdf 1.69 MB)

Women on the Move. A photo-essay co-authored by Professor Firdous Azim and Samia Rahim from the Pathways South Asia Hub, published by the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal. The essay is based on a travellng photography exhibition that was organised by the Hub in December 2007 which depicted the "Changing Images of Women in Bangladesh". See the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Journal webpage

Building Constituencies for Equality and Justice


H. J. Abdullah and A. Fofana-Ibrahim, 2010, 'The Meaning and Practice of Women's Empowerment in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone', Development, 53(2): 259-266

S. Alvarez, 2009, 'Beyond NGOization?: Reflections from Latin America', Development, 52(2): 175-184

R. Eyben, 2010, 'What if the Girls Don't Want to be Businesswomen? Discursive Dissonance in a Global Policy Space', Development, 53(2): 274-279

R. Eyben and R. Napier-Moore, 2008, Conceptualising Women's Empowerment in International Development Agencies, Draft Pathways Working Paper 6 (pdf file 332 KB)

R. Eyben, 2008, Conceptualising Policy Practices in Researching Pathways of Women's Empowerment, Pathways Working Paper 1, May (pdf file 3.66 MB)

R. Eyben, 2008, Conceptualising Policy Practices in Researching Pathways of Women's Empowerment, Pathways Brief 1, November (pdf file 392 KB)

A-M. Goetz and C. Nyamu, 2008, 'Voice and Women's Empowerment: Mapping a Research Agenda', Pathways Working Paper 2, July (pdf file 1.82 MB)

A-M. Goetz and C. Nyamu, 2008, 'Voice and Women's Empowerment: Mapping a Research Agenda', Pathways Brief 2, December (pdf file 1 MB)

E. Kuttab, 2010, 'Empowerment as Resistance: Conceptualizing Palestinian Women's Empowerment', Development, 53(2): 247-253

T. Manuh, 2007, 'African Women and Domestic Violence', openDemocracy article, 26 November

S. Nazneen, M. Sultan and N. Hossain, 2010, 'National Discourses on Women's Empowerment in Bangladesh: Enabling or Constraining Women's Choices?', Development, 53(2): 239-246

S. Nazneen and M. Sultan, 2009, 'Struggling for Survival and Autonomy: Impact of NGO-ization on Women's Organizations in Bangladesh', Development, 52(2): 193-199

H. Sholkamy, 2010, 'Power, Politics and Development in the Arab Context: Or How Can Rearing Chicks Change Patriarchy?', Development, 53(2): 254-258

D. Tsikata, 2009, 'Women's Organizing in Ghana since the 1990s: From Individual Organizations to Three Coalitions', Development, 52(2): 185-192

Changing Narratives of Sexuality


F. Azim, 2007, 'Women and Religion in Bangladesh: New Paths', openDemocracy article, 19 December

S. Jolly, 2010, 'Pleasure and Empowerment: Connections and Disconnections', Development, 53(2): 227-231

A. Lynch, H. Standing and A. Cornwall (eds), 2008, Unsafe Abortion: A Development Issue, IDS Bulletin, 39(3), jointly produced with the Realising Rights RPC. See also IDS News

C. Pereira, 2008, 'Changing Narratives of Sexuality - Concept Paper', Pathways Working Paper 4 (pdf file 2.43 MB)

C. Sardenberg, 2007, 'The Right to Abortion: Briefing from Brazil', openDemocracy article, 26 October

M. Al-Sharmani, 2008, 'Recent Reforms in Personal Status Laws and Women's Empowerment: Family Courts in Egypt' (pdf 430 KB), research paper, American University in Cairo, Executive Summary (pdf 98 KB)

Mulki Al-Sharmani, 2009, 'Egyptian Family Courts: A Pathway of Women's Empowerment?', Hawwa, 7(2)

M. Al-Sharmani, 2007, 'Egypt's Family Courts: Route to Empowerment?', openDemocracy article, 7 September

Empowering Work

A. Cornwall, F. Capibaribe and T. Goncalves, 2010, 'Revealed Cities: A Photovoice Project with Domestic Workers in Salvador, Brazil', Development, 53(2): 299-300

M. Fontana with R. Eyben, 2009, Agenda for Change: Women's Empowerment Needs a People-Centred Economy, Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC: Brighton (pdf file 476 KB)

N. Kabeer, 2008, 'Paid Work, Women's Empowerment and Gender Justice: Critical Pathways of Social Change', Pathways Working Paper 3 (pdf file 5.28 MB)

N. Kabeer, 2008, Paid Work, Women's Empowerment and Gender Justice , Pathways Brief 3, December (pdf file 822 KB)

N. Kabeer, 2008, 'Marriage, Motherhood and Masculinity in the Global Economy', openDemocracy article, 29 January

N. Kabeer, 2007, 'Marriage, Motherhood and Masculinity in the Global Economy: Reconfiguration of Personal and Economic Life', IDS Working Paper 209, Brighton: IDS

M. Molyneux, 2008, 'Conditional Cash Transfers: A 'Pathway to Women's Empowerment?', Pathways Working Paper 5 (pdf file 3.93 MB)

M. Molyneux, 2009, 'Conditional Cash Transfers: A 'Pathway to Women's Empowerment?', Pathways Brief 5, July (pdf file 1.59 MB)

Communications

T. Lewin, 2010, 'Communicating Empowerment: Countering the Cardboard Woman', Development 53.2: 222-226

T. Lewin, 2008, The Key(board) to Equality: Communication technology can change the lives of women around the world, The Guardian, 20 December

Regional Hubs and about Pathways


T. Lewin, 2008, 'The Pathways of Women's Empowerment Research Programme Consortium', Gender & Development, 16(2), July

R. Eyben, 2006, Global Hub Scoping Report: Programme of Research into Global Policy Processes, Brighton: Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC

I. Jad, 2009, 'Women in Gaza', IDS News, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies

I. Jad, 2008, 'Does Women's Rights Activism Lack Lustre in Palestine?', interview with AWID

Pathways of Women's Empowerment South Asia: Stories of Change Film


See the Stories of Change website for more information on this inspiring film.

 

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Links


Trilhas do Empoderamento de Mulheres - Latin America Hub
Website: http://www.projetotempo.neim.ufba.br/index.html

Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC - Middle East Hub
Website: http://pathwaysmiddleeast.wordpress.com/

Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC - South Asia Hub
Website: http://www.bracdevelopmentinstitute.org/women_empowerment.php

Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC - West Africa Hub
Website: http://www.pathwaysghana.blogspot.com/