Patrons of Women : Literacy Projects and Gender Development in Rural Nepal
Hertzog, Esther
Patrons of Women : Literacy Projects and Gender Development in Rural Nepal - Berghahn Books 20110501
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Assuming women’s empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a “Gender Activities Project” within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a “development expert,” she demonstrates how the professed goal of “women’s empowerment” is a pretext for promoting the interests of local elites. She demonstrates how a project intended to benefit women fails to provide them with any of the promised resources.
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j.ctt9qd6nt 9781789206418
10.2307/j.ctt9qd6nt doi
Gender studies: women
Anthropology Gender Studies Women Development studies Anthropology Asia Nepal World Bank Economics
Patrons of Women : Literacy Projects and Gender Development in Rural Nepal - Berghahn Books 20110501
Open Access
Assuming women’s empowerment would accelerate the pace of social change in rural Nepal, the World Bank urged the Nepali government to undertake a “Gender Activities Project” within an ongoing long-term water-engineering scheme. The author, an anthropologist specializing in bureaucratic organizations and gender studies, was hired to monitor the project. Analyzing her own experience as a “development expert,” she demonstrates how the professed goal of “women’s empowerment” is a pretext for promoting the interests of local elites. She demonstrates how a project intended to benefit women fails to provide them with any of the promised resources.
Creative Commons
English
j.ctt9qd6nt 9781789206418
10.2307/j.ctt9qd6nt doi
Gender studies: women
Anthropology Gender Studies Women Development studies Anthropology Asia Nepal World Bank Economics