Here’s a short audio podcast from our 11 May event hosted by the UK Development Studies Association’s Women in Development Study Group, to mark the journal’s 25th birthday. In this podcast, five of the activist researchers at the event introduce themselves and their research, explain why they are passionate about gender and development, and celebrate G&D as an activist journal …
Call for Contributions: Migrants in a Global Economy
THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED Our March 2019 issue will focus on Migrants in a Global Economy. Migration is at the top of the development agenda, not least because of the increasing numbers of people who are undertaking the very risky journey to seek refuge and better lives in richer parts of the world. And migration is a gender issue. …
25th birthday London event: watch again
We had a fantastic day in the London campus of Northumbria University last Friday, 11th May! Inspiring presentations from a range of feminist researchers in policy, academia and practice – all accustomed to spanning and bridging those different locations! And to round off an amazing event, we had a panel featuring three key activist thinkers in gender and development – …
Upcoming Facebook livestream…
‘Bringing our feminist values to development research, policy and practice’ – Celebrating 25 years of Gender & Development journal Tune into our Facebook page on Friday 11th May, 3.30 – 5.00 pm British Summer Time (+1GMT) to see a panel discussion featuring: Professor Naila Kabeer, London School of Economics Professor Ruth Pearson, University of Leeds Professor Shirin Rai, University of …
Sexualities, development and justice
Editor Caroline Sweetman introduces our new issue on sexualities. The universal human desire to have good and pleasurable relationships – including intimate relationships – is echoed in songs, poetry and the performing arts. But sex and sexuality are still seen as irrelevant to development, part of private life, like intimate partner violence and domestic violence. But treating sex and sexuality …
Turning 25! Our birthday and the new website
Happy birthday to us! Gender & Development began publishing twenty-five years ago this month – way back in 1993. Its first issue focused on women and the environment. For the first two years, we published as Focus on Gender, and guest editors were hired for each issue. Two hundred copies were posted out – to ‘friends and family’ in INGOs, …
An open letter from the Editor, Caroline Sweetman
Dear friends of Gender & Development You may know that Gender & Development is owned and funded entirely by Oxfam, on behalf of the whole development and humanitarian sector. In our 25 years of publication, the two entities have proudly kept separate brands and identities, and the journal is editorially and intellectually independent. However, the fact remains the journal is …
No environmental justice without gender justice
Gender equality and women’s rights are core to attaining sustainable, just human development. Editor, Caroline Sweetman, introduces the natural resource justice issue of the Gender & Development. 2017 was the deadliest year yet for environmental activism: 150 women and men have so far been murdered for defending natural resources and the communities who depend on them. Millions of the world’s poorest people live …
Taking a toilet break: on the railway line
Having unmet needs for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) not only endangers life, it can negatively affect all aspects of daily existence, and women and girls suffer the most. Editor, Caroline Sweetman, introduces the WASH issue of Gender & Development. Imagine you’re a teenage girl, dying to go to the loo – but you can’t, until your mother comes home. Without …
Watch the launch event for our Working on Gender Equality in Fragile Contexts issue
On 6 December 2016, we held a fantastic panel debate at the LSE’s Centre for Women Peace & Security to launch our November issue. You can watch the video of the event here.