Empowered Leaders'? perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa
Editor(s)
Sweetman, CarolinePublication date
2000-11-01Subject
Gender
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Gender & DevelopmentDocument type
Journal articleLanguage
EnglishDescription
Although development research, policy, and practice have focused extensively on women-headed households, the subject is rarely couched in terms of leadership. Drawing on case studies from Guatemala and Botswana, this paper focuses on perceptions of women heads of households in wider society; the extent to which positive images of female leadership have filtered to the grassroots; and the question of whether and how female leadership styles differ from those of male household heads. It highlights the challenges in changing gender ideologies that prescribe that men are 'better' heads than women. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.Pages
10ISSN
1355-2074EISSN
1364-9221ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/741923782