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