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dc.contributor.editorEade, Deborah
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-03T16:21:02Zen
dc.date.available2011-02-03T16:21:02Zen
dc.date.issued1995-01-01
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-85598-310-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/121151
dc.descriptionThroughout the world, cultural norms determine a view of women as subordinate to men, and provide a rationale for denial of women's economic and political rights. This collection of essays in the Focus on Gender series explores the issues of cultural traditions and beliefs, and their relation to gender and development. Topics discussed in this book include identity, meaning, and culture; the struggle of feminists from the South to gain legitimacy in Northern-dominated development debates; working to challenge restrictive gender roles in Zimbabwe; gender violence as a development issue; the use of rape as a weapon of war in former Yugoslavia; and the use of popular culture and the media to promote gender equity. Many of the writers recount their personal experiences of cultural constraints on women's freedom of action, and how these can be overcome.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontentsEditorial; Thinking about 'culture': some programme pointers; Gender relations, development, and culture; NGOs, gender, culture and multiculturalism: a Zimbabwean view; Challenging cultural constraints: a personal testimony; Working with a radical agenda: the Musasa project, Zimbabwe; Women, conflict, and culture in former Yugoslavia; The rise of religious fundamentalism in Britain: the experience of Women Against Fundamentalism; Culture and the Law in Islam; Women Living under Muslim Law; Institutional opposition to gender-sensitive development: learning to answer back; Fempress: a communication strategy for women; 'I, Black woman, resist': Interview with Alzira Ruf ; Resources:; Book Review: Colour, Class and Country: Experiences of Gender, (eds Gay Young and Bette Dickerson); Further readingen_US
dc.format.extent68en_US
dc.format.mimetypePDFen
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam GBen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesOxfam Focus on Genderen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/women-and-culture-121151
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectRights
dc.titleWomen and Cultureen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfamen_US
oxfam.subject.countryZimbabween_US
oxfam.subject.countryCroatiaen_US
oxfam.subject.countryMacedoniaen_US
oxfam.subject.countrySerbiaen_US
oxfam.subject.countrySloveniaen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordGender-based violenceen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordCivil societyen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordMediaen_US
dc.year.issuedate1995en_US
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