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women and development
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- 1How does education empower womenStatus : higher status, respect
Political : can run for office
Economical: jobs and resources - 2Relationship between educated women and child healthmore education = better health
1. Women better educated on taking care of kids
2. Promote child health (by empowering them) - 3How does education empower women and help child health?Information : means to find treatment
Resources : gives them what they need
Power : empowers them to stand up to their husband; greater say in the family - 4Development as freedomdev occurs when people have power to pursue their well-being
- 5Unfreedomspreventing people from pursuit of well-being
- 6Structural violencesocial structures/institutions prevent people from meeting basic needs
ex: authoritarian govt, racism, sexism, homophobia
powerlessness results - 7Non-structural violenceethnic wars, civil wars, genocide
destroy institutions and promote structural violence - 8Armed intervention CriticismsMilitarization: dev assistance becomes meddled in local politics
Geopolitics in the guise of dev
Power perspective: neither good for dev - 9dev. assistance can promote violenceaid reinforces the institutions that disempower people
promotes grievances and increases competition
bottom-up approach best
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- Flashcards on women and development, created by appleberrycrush on 12/12/2014.
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