Development as if All People Mattered

Gender equality in science, medicine, and global health: where are we at and why does it matter?

“…Gender equality is a human right 39,40 and is essential to the achievement of peaceful societies with full human potential and sustainable development. 41 After more than a century of feminist advocacy, 41,42 40 years of international discourses on gender in development, 2,43 and a mounting body of evidence, 1,24 gender equality is recognised as one of the most important determinants of health and economic development. 4,39,44 Despite this recognition, gender equality remains a complex issue in health and development.…”

“Greening” Gender Equity: Microfinance and the Sustainable Development Agenda

“…Much has been written about the role gender plays in the process of economic development (see Benería 2003 for a classic treatment of the subject). Women contribute to productivity and economic growth both (i) directly by participating in the paid labor market and (ii) indirectly through social provisioning, including unpaid work raising children, and investing in their communities (Shaw 2005).…”

Negociando gênero em desenvolvimento: os feminismos brasileiros em destaque

“…Incorporou aí o discurso economista neoclássico para melhor demonstrar a planejadores que ignorar os vieses de gênero nas políticas sempre traz altos custos, não apenas sociais, mas também econômicos (Razavi;Miller, 1995). Ainda que defendendo uma perspectiva de gênero, tais abordagens têm sido alvo de críticas por parte de economistas feministas, por manterem uma aliança com os princípios neoliberais (Benería, 2003; Elson, 2011).…”