Gender, Rights and Development: A Global Sourcebook

160 Pages·2009·0.393 MB·English

by  Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Shamim Meer

Gender, Society & Development
Gender, rights and development
A global sourcebook

Gender, Society & Development
Gender, rights and development
A global sourcebook
Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Shamim Meer
Editors
CRITICAL REVIEWS AND ANNOTATED
BIBLIOGRAPHIES SERIES
Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands
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Website: www.kit.nl Other titles in the Gender, Society & Development
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Contents
Acknowledgements 6
Acronyms 7
Introduction: Gender, rights and development 11
Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Shamim Meer
1Citizens or mothers? The marginalization of women’s reproductive rights
in the struggle for access to health care for HIV-positive pregnant women
in South Africa 27
Cathi Albertyn and Shamim Meer
2Talking rights or what is right? Understandings and strategies around
sexual, reproductive and abortion rights in Nicaragua 57
Sarah Bradshaw, Ana Criquillion, Vilma Castillo A. and Goya Wilson
3Leaving our fears behind: women claiming rights after the Bhopal Gas
Disaster. A case study 69
Jashodhara Dasgupta
4The empowerment of women: rights and entitlements in Arab Worlds 85
Hania Sholkamy
5In search of new images: when feminism meets development 101
Everjoice Win
Guide to the annotated bibliography 112
Annotated bibliography 113
Author index 153
Geographical index 155
Web resources 156
About the authors 158
Acknowledgements
A major objective of this publication is to document the experiences of practitioners
and experts with respect to the varied practices of rights in development and how
these have addressed gender equality and women’s autonomy in the South in
particular. The Series Editors are delighted that it has been possible to realize this
objective.
Special thanks go to Shamim Meer and Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Editors of this
publication, for sharing their knowledge and experience. We would like to record our
warm and deep appreciation of Cathi Albertyn, Sarah Bradshaw, Vilma Castillo A.,
Ana Criquillion, Jashodhara Dasgupta, Shamim Meer, Hania Sholkamy, Goya Wilson,
and Everjoice Win for their important contribution to this book.
Acknowledgements also go to Ilse Egers and Christine Hayes for their input to the
bibliography and to Harry Heemskerk for his patience and support. We would also
like to thank Nadamo Bos for her assistance in the production of the book.
Henk van Dam and Minke Valk
Series Editors, Gender, Society & Development
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Acronyms and abbreviations
AAI ActionAid International
AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
ALP AIDS Law Project, South Africa
ANC African National Congress
APF Anti Privatisation Forum, South Africa
APWLD Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development, Thailand
ARROW Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women
ARVs Anti-retroviral drugs
AU African Union
AUC The American University in Cairo
AWID Association for Women’s Rights in Development, Canada
BGP MSKS Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Stationery Karmchari Sangh (Bhopal Gas Affected
Women’s Stationery Workers Union), India
BGP MUS Bhopal Gas Peedit Mahila Udyog Sangathan (Bhopal Gas Affected Women’s
Enterprise Organisation), India
BPFA Beijing Platform for Action
CALS Centre for Applied Legal Studies, South Africa
CBOs Community-based organizations
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CIIR Catholic Institute for International Relations
CLADEM Comité de América Latina y el Caribe para la Defensa de los Derechos de la Mujer
(Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women’s Rights)
CoSos Conflict ridden societies
CRC United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
CREA Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action
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CRIN Child Rights Information Network n
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CRP Child rights programming ti
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CSO Civil society organization vi
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DAC Development Assistance Committee r
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DAW UN Division for the Advancement of Women b
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DC Development Cooperation d
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DFID Department for International Development, UK a

EGM Expert Group Meeting ms
ELMPS Eqypt Labor Market Panel Study y
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ESCR Economic, social and cultural rights o
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EWIC Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures a
FAQ Frequently Asked Questions
FGC/M Female genital cutting/mutilation 7
FIDA International Federation of Women Lawyers
FOMWAN Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria
GAD Gender and Development
GOI Government of India
GOVNET OECD-DAC Network on Governance
GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, Germany
HIV Human immune deficiency virus
HRBA Human rights-based approach
HREA Human Rights Education Association
HURIDOCS Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems
IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee
ICA Investment Climate Assessment
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
ICPD International Conference on Population and Development
ICRW International Center for Research on Women, USA
IDS Institute of Development Studies, UK
INGO International non-governmental organization
INTRAC International NGO Training and Research Centre, UK
ITDG Intermediate Technology Development Group, UK
IWRAW International Women’s Rights Action Watch
IWTC International Women’s Tribune Center, USA
JASS Just Associates
KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Netherlands
LGBT Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people
LPM Landless People’s Movement, South Africa
MAM Autonomous Women’s Movement, Nicaragua
MD Millennium Declaration
MDG(s) Millennium Development Goal(s)
MENA Middle East and North Africa region
MNCs Multinational companies
MRS Movimiento de Renovación Sandinista (Sandinista Renovation Movement),
Nicaragua
MTCT Mother-to-child transmission
nt NGOs Non-governmental organizations
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m ODI Overseas Development Institute, UK
p OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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el OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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s PRAMs Participatory rights assessment methodologies
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er, RBA(s) Rights-based approach(es)
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n RRA Reproductive Rights Alliance, South Africa
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g SHUR Human Rights in Conflict: The Role of Civil Society project
SIDA Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
8 TAC Treatment Action Campaign, South Africa
UC Union Carbide
UCC Union Carbide Company
UDF United Democratic Front, South Africa
UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights
UMI University of Michigan, USA
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIFEM United Fund for Women
UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
WARI Women’s Action & Resource Initiative
WEDO Women’s Environment and Development Organization, USA
WHO World Health Organization
WICCE Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange
WICEJ Women’s International Coalition for Economic Justice
WID Women in Development
WWHR Women for Women’s Human Rights
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