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Gender and Development in South Asia: Can Practice Keep Up with Theory?

Baruah, Bipasha·2005·Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement
DOI 10.1080/02255189.2005.9669106
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This paper documents how institutions, both governmental and non-governmental, have responded to South Asian women's economic needs over the past three decades. It analyses how these interventions have evolved with regard to the different theoretical approaches to gender and development, ranging from the welfare, efficiency, and anti-poverty approaches of the 1970s and 1980s to the more recent empowerment, rights-, and capabilities-based approaches of the 1990s and the new millennium. The author emphasizes that most governmental interventions in South Asia, regardless of political persuasion, have been preoccupied with employment and income-generating schemes as the means of empowering women. As a result, measures of women's empowerment and gender justice continue to revolve around employment and labour force participation and not the alleviation of the burden of domestic labour, increased political participation, or equal property rights. Barring some notable exceptions, NGOs have also shown unwillingness to involve themselves in controversial issues. This despite the continued assertion by scholars and practitioners that in addition to economic opportunities, women need not just more potent political power but also independent and equal rights in land and property ownership to be able to empower themselves and gain equal footing with men in society. The author concludes by asserting that at least in South Asia, the theoretical discourses on gender and development appear to be more than a fav steps ahead of policy and practice.

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Authors
Baruah, B.
Corresponding author
Baruah, Bipasha
ORCID
Baruah, Bipasha
Venue
Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2005-01
Volume
26
Issue
sup1
Pages
677-688
ISSN
  • 0225-5189 (ISSN-L)
  • 2158-9100
DOI
10.1080/02255189.2005.9669106
OpenAlex
W2045298893
Cited by
13
References
24
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1
FWCI
1.60
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement (publishedVersion)
  • Scholarship@Western (Western University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Gender, Education, and Development Issues
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Politics and Representation
Keywords
gender and development, women's empowerment, South Asia, women's employment, labor force participation, women's political participation, women's property rights, land rights, non-governmental organizations, development policy, capability approach, welfare approach

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