The authors discuss the conceptual effectiveness of gender both as a mode of analysis and as a basis for envisioning the transformation of society. They consider how gender might be conceived in contemporary terms, offering interpretations of the concept's usefulness for the future.
In de volgende bijdragen wordt besproken hoe op diverse beleidsterreinen gendergelijkheid bereikt kan worden in de 21e eeuw. Bevat: Moving the goalposts: gender and globalisation in the twenty-first century / door Ruth Pearson: Gender, globalisation, and democracy / door Sylvia Walby: Globalisation and gender training for the media: challenges and lessons learned / door Patricia A. Made: Women's labour and economic globalisation: a participatory workshop created by Alternative Women in Development / door Carol Barton en Elmira Nazombe: 'We are forgotten on earth': international development targets, poverty, and gender in Ethiopia / door Fra von Massow: Rethinking gender and development practice for the twenty-first century / door Judy El-Bushra: 'Put your money where your mouth is!': the need for public investment in women's organisations / door Siobhan Riordan: Culture as a barrier to rural women's entrepreneurship: experience from Zimbabwe / door Colletah Chitsike: 'Queering' development: exploring the links between same-sex sexualities, gender and development / door Susie Jolly: Challenging machismo: promoting sexual and reproductive health with Nicaraguan men / door Peter Sternberg: Women's health and HIV: experience from a sex workers project in Calcutta / door Madhu Bala Nath.