Looking at factors as diverse as the pervasiveness of patriarchy, changing family forms, female infanticide, and land reform policies, this collection of articles considers the family from a gender perspective, and how the socially prescribed roles of men and women within the family can constrain women's opportunities. We need to understand the underlying power structures and expectations which, operate in particular family forms within target communities, if development initiatives and family-support policies are to benefit women.

Caroline Sweetman
Caroline Sweetman is Editor of the international journal Gender & Development and works for Oxfam GB.

Women’s Vulnerabilities, Women’s Voices: Narratives on Patriarchies and Domestic Violence in Assam

Mahjebeen, Joanna

ANTYAJAA: Indian Journal of Women and Social Change, Vol. 2 (2017), Iss. 2 P.166

https://doi.org/10.1177/2455632717737440 [Citations: 1]

Gender Roles and Informal Care for Patients With AIDS

Tarimo, Edith A. M.

Kohi, Thecla W.

Outwater, Anne

Blystad, Astrid

Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 20 (2009), Iss. 1 P.61

https://doi.org/10.1177/1043659608325843 [Citations: 24]