Disasters are often the result of poor policy decisions and have severe development related implications on impoverished and disadvantaged communities in both global North and South. They are also more than just ‘events’ and their multidimensional implications continue to shape the collective lives and memories of those affected, far beyond the occurrences (also called a ‘disaster cycle’). Socially, economically and …
Women Human Rights Defenders: Our new issue
Whether resisting oppressive laws in Zimbabwe, peacebuilding in the former Yugoslavia, or speaking up for migrants on the US-Mexico border, women are leading the push for rights across the globe. Anandita Ghosh introduces the latest issue of the Gender & Development Journal on “Women Human Rights Defenders” The past decade and a half have seen a steady democratic decline as …
The link between Unpaid Care Work, Poverty and Gender-Based Violence: Are we advocating enough for Care supporting policies?
By Sharmishtha Nanda, Ruth Oloo, Amber Parkes, Anam Parvez Care is central to the well-being of humans. Globally, women provide more than three-quarters of unpaid care work and make up two-thirds of the paid care workforce[1]. The goods and services produced through unpaid care work are critical in sustaining the “economically active” labour force on a daily and generational basis[2]. …
A Tribute to Dr. K Saradamoni
by Dr. Kumkum Roy August 2022 I first met Sardamoni more than forty years ago, in the late 1970s. We were fledgling feminists at that time, and she welcomed us with affection, paying attention to what we thought and said, even, and especially if she disagreed with us, with refreshing openness and candor. We soon realized that she, and others …
A gender-responsive recovery: ensuring women’s decent work and transforming care provision: Our new issue
G&D Editor Shivani Satija introduces the new issue. We are delighted to present this year’s first double issue of Gender & Development from the global South themed A gender-responsive recovery: Ensuring women’s decent work and transforming care provision. Collectively edited and shaped by a team of reputed feminist scholars and activists: Fatimah Kelleher, Jayati Ghosh and Valeria Esquivel, this issue …
CLOSED: Call for Contributions: Volume 31, Issue 1: Women human rights defenders
Women human rights defenders constitute an integral, though often invisible and unrecognised part of social justice movements and efforts. The significant contribution of WHRDs towards mobilising progressive social and political change is increasingly being recognised. They rise against divisive forces, corporations, fundamentalist groups and totalitarian governments, while protecting the rights of the marginalised and vulnerable. There is increasing evidence that …
#IWD2022 : Eight Must-Read Articles From Gender & Development
This year the theme for International Women’s Day is “Break the Bias.” Gender biases – whether conscious or unconscious – are the most persistent threat to women’s social and economic progress, especially in countries of the Global South. The Global Gender Gap Report, 2020, found that at the current rate of progression, we will achieve gender parity in 99.5 years. …
Feminist Protests and Politics in a World in Crisis: Our new issue
G&D Editorial Team member Liz Cooke introduces the new issue. Welcome to this special double issue of Gender & Development, guest edited by Sohela Nazneen and Awino Okech and co-edited by Diya Dutta, Rita Soares, Liz Cooke and Ines Smyth. We are in unprecedented times. The world is facing impending climate disaster, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the global refugee and …
CLOSED Call for contributions: A Gender-Responsive Recovery: Ensuring Women’s Decent Work and Transforming Care Provision
CALL NOW CLOSED The COVID-19 pandemic and policy responses to its economic fallout have significantly undermined efforts to advance women’s economic justice. One year into the pandemic, it is now widely recognized that the pandemic, associated lockdowns and other containment measures have disproportionately impacted women, especially those experiencing other intersecting inequalities on the basis of race, class, gender identity, and …
Podcast: Gender and Health
In our latest podcast, Gender & Development’s Liz Cooke is joined by the guest editors of our March 2021 issue, which focuses on Health. Listen in to find out why a gender lens is important when considering health matters, and to learn about health inequities, COVID-19 and its gendered impact, and building back better after the pandemic. Taking part are: …