Public policies for food sovereignty
Food sovereignty is based on the right of peoples to define their own food system and to develop policies on how food is produced, distributed and consumed. It is above … Continue reading
Emissaries of Empowerment
Cronin-Furman et al – In the following pages, we trace the process by which the term “empowerment”, which was initially introduced into development discourse by feminists in the Global South … Continue reading
Aid for Gender Equality and Development
This UNU-WIDER special issue of the Journal of International Development comprises a set of papers on the theme of aid and gender equality. While the topic of aid effectiveness has … Continue reading
Inequality, Power and Participation – Revisiting the Links
Drawing on the contributions from the World Social Science Report 2016, Challenging Inequalities: Pathways to a Just World, this article examines the relationship between economic inequality and political participation. In … Continue reading
The Global Impact of Open Data
Free ebook – Open data has spurred economic innovation, social transformation, and fresh forms of political and government accountability in recent years, but few people understand how open data works. This … Continue reading
Women’s economic empowerment: navigating enablers and constraints
This report details how gender equality, poverty eradication and human development require increased investment in women’s economic empowerment. Other key findings from the report include: • World Poll data from … Continue reading
The Politics of Climate Change
Veteran activist Rebecca Solnit, writing on the eve of the latest UN climate change summit, divides “the people in the streets of Paris” from “the people in the conference rooms … Continue reading
Tapping the Sustainable Development Goals for progressive gender equity and equality policy?
This article examines the new agenda for sustainable development adopted by the United Nations, to see if it contains policies for gender equity and equality as well as for sustainable … Continue reading
Connecting Perspectives on Women’s Empowerment
A new IDS Bulletin entitled Connecting Perspectives on Women’s Empowerment makes a timely contribution to our understanding of how ideas around empowerment have evolved and how we can move forward … Continue reading
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