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Women, development, and the UN : a sixty-year quest for equality and justice / Devaki Jain ; foreword by Amartya Sen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jain, Devaki, 1933-
- Series:
- United Nations intellectual history project.
- United Nations intellectual history project
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United Nations.
- Women in development--International cooperation--History.
- Women's rights--International cooperation--History.
- Women's rights--International cooperation.
- History.
- Women's rights.
- Women in development--International cooperation.
- Women in development.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 230 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Shows how women's contributions have changed and shaped development thought and practice at the UN.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Women, development, and equality : history as inconclusive dialogue
- Setting the stage for equality, 1945-1965
- Inscribing development into rights, 1966-1975
- Questioning development paradigms, 1976-1985
- Development as if women mattered, 1986-1995
- Lessons from the UN's sixth decade, 1996-2005.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-210) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0253346975
- 0253218195
- OCLC:
- 57641481
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