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Gender Planning and Development: Theory, Practice and Training
Gender planning is a new tradition whose goal is to ensure that women, through empowering themselves, achieve equality and equity with men in developing societies. Gender Planning and Development explores the relationship between gender and development, and provides a comprehensive introduction to Third World gender policy and planning practice. It
describes the conceptual rationale for a new planning tradition based on gender roles and needs, and identifies methodological procedures, tools and techniques to integrate gender into planning processes. It emphasizes the role training plays in creating gender awareness, and highlights the entry points for women's organizations to negotiate for women's needs at household, civil society, the state and global levels.
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Exploring the relationship between gender and development, this looks at gender policy and planning practices based on creating gender awareness and negotiation for women's needs at household, civil society, state and global levels.
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