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Development Cooperation and Gender Equality

Author(s): Bartosz Jankowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, International relations/trade, Developing nations
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: gender;

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the problem of gender equality in development cooperation, defining the most important theoretical questions and outlining the work of the international community and the state of research in this field. Examined are the documents and materials of international organisations and NGOs as well as selected literature. The article presents the position of women in developing countries along with the main concepts of supporting gender equality through development assistance; it also reviews the efficiency of development assistance in overcoming gender inequality.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 92-116
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish