Assessing the Gender Impact of Development Projects

Vera Gianotten, Verona Groverma, Edith van Wilsum, Lida Zuidberg

Gender impact assessment is a way to estimate the expected impact of an intervention, such as a development project, on women, and to what extent the specific interests and needs of various categories of women will be affected. Such assessment provides information relevant to project planning, and s...

Population and Reproductive Rights

Caroline Sweetman

This book highlights the need for an approach to population control which is based on reproductive rights, and stresses the importance of offering family-planning services and information in the context of women's empowerment. Issues covered are new contraceptive technologies; unsafe abortion and it...

Tools for the Field

Hilary Feldstein, Janice Jiggins

Consists of thirty-nine original cases by contributors from the global North and South. Covers Latin America, Asia, and Africa From agricultural production to post-harvest activities, this handbook offers a practical set of tools for anyone interested in gender analysis in agriculture.

Half the World, Half a Chance

Julia Mosse

Explains how and why women are disadvantaged not only by social and economic structures but also by many current development initiatives. This book also gives many examples of successful action by women's organizations and offers a message of hope.

Changing Perceptions

Tina Wallace, Candida Marsh

Women's needs and abilities are often ignored by development planners; even 'women's projects' often reflect gender stereotypes which maintain a prejudicial situation. These collected articles give an overview of many aspects of gender and development.

Tech and Tools Book

Joanne Sandler, Ruby Sandhu

A research manual of appropriate technologies used throughout the world in women's projects. Includes sections on support systems, credit training, and technology transfer.

Women in Development

This book answers the questions: What has development done for women? Why do planners talk of integrating women into development? What role do women really play in multinational companies? In food production? In health? In communication and education? Reprinted in 1991.

Women, Work and Technology in Rural South Asia

Frances Sinha

Looks at the ways in which women have been ignored in the statistical accounting that forms the base for development planning, and links this bias to the marginalisation of women in the process of technological development. (Published in the ITDG Occasional Papers Series).