Women and Leadership
As a given, in no country do women participate in political leadership on a par with men. This collection of writings explores women's own strategies for developing or initiating leadership by women around the world. Women have created thousands of vibrant, visionary organisations of their own, yet they remain absent from the key political and economic institutions shaping access to and control over resources. Women and Leadership is about women resisting exploitation in the workplace; women heading households; women leading in the international policy forum. It offers insights for development policy makers and practitioners aiming to promote gender equality and to support would be women leaders.
Published: 2000
Pages: 72
eBook: 9780855988739
Paperback: 9780855984526
Editorial | |||
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Caroline Sweetman | |||
'Point of order, Mr Speaker': African women claiming their space in parliment | |||
Sylvia Tamale | |||
From palm tree to parliment: training women for political leadership and public life | |||
Lesley Abdela | |||
Towards realistic strategies for women's political empowerment in Africa | |||
Sara Hlupekilee Longwe | |||
Collective action, organisation building, and leadership: women workers in garment sector in Bangladesh | |||
Petra Dannecker | |||
'Empowered leaders?' Perspectives on women heading households in Latin America and Southern Africa | |||
Kavita Datta and Cathy NcIlwaine | |||
Transformational leadership: advancing the agenda for gender justice | |||
Peggy Antrobus | |||
Leadership for adolescent girls: the role of secondary schools in Uganda | |||
Jill Sperandio | |||
The leadership role of international law in enforcing women's rights: the Optional Protocol to the Women's convention | |||
Kwong-Leung Tang | |||
Leadership for social transformation: some ideas and questions on institutions and feminist leadership | |||
Aruna Rao and David Kelleher | |||
Resources | |||
Compiled by Erin Murphy Graham | |||
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Organisations | |||
Electronic resources | |||
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Caroline Sweetman
Caroline Sweetman is Editor of the international journal Gender & Development and works for Oxfam GB.
Reasons and remedies for under-representation of women in medical leadership roles: a qualitative study from Australia
Bismark, Marie
Morris, Jennifer
Thomas, Laura
Loh, Erwin
Phelps, Grant
Dickinson, Helen
BMJ Open, Vol. 5 (2015), Iss. 11 P.e009384
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009384 [Citations: 105]Where Women Are
Tracing Kenyan Women’s Involvement in Elections and Political Leadership from 1963-2002
Maloiy, Lanoi
2018
https://doi.org/10.4000/books.africae.1868 [Citations: 4]Problems of Feminist Leadership among Educated Women in Ethiopia
Biseswar, Indrawatie
Journal of Developing Societies, Vol. 24 (2008), Iss. 2 P.125
https://doi.org/10.1177/0169796X0802400203 [Citations: 21]