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Another Point of View: A manual on gender analysis training for grassroots workers
A. Rani Parker
Development programmes are affected by the structure of gender roles and relationships. This book aims to help community development workers design and implement gender sensitive programmes through the use of GAM: the Gender Analysis Matrix.
ISBN , (UNIFEM), 1993, 106pp, £14.95,

Blacksmith, Baker, Roofing-sheet Maker: Employment for rural women in developing countries
Marilyn Carr
Using over 50 case studies from 22 countries which show how unconventional projects have developed women's earning power, this book is a source of ideas for all those helping to develop cash-producing work for women in developing countries.
ISBN 094668815X, (ITP), 1984, 158pp, £12.95,

Changing Women's Lives and Work: An analysis of the impacts of eight microenterprise projects
Lucy Creevey
An in-depth analysis of eight microenterprise projects undertaken by three agencies in India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Peru, Guatemala, Honduras, Ghana and Tanzania. It is unique in its highly detailed presentation of such a varied range of individual projects, and in its use of a single analytical framework for all the projects, enabling comparisons to be tightly drawn between them. The study has generated some significant and controversial results. Looked at from the point of view of the women this book attempts to describe the impact of the different projects on their lives. This book is designed for planners and practitioners, graduate students, and others interested in the results of the microenterprise programmes now popular throughout the developing world.
ISBN 1853393193, (ITP), 1996, 304pp, £17.50,

The Daughters of Development: Women in a changing environment
Sinith Sittirak
This is a powerful critique of the Western concept of development, which has brought profound changes to the lives of women in the South over the last thirty years. In exploring the possibilities for an appropriate development path, the author applies the framework of a political economy of development which acknowledges the politics of identity and difference. Central to her framework is the recognition that development is part of that universalizing process which imposes sameness by speaking for or naming the Other and by excluding the difference.
ISBN 1856495884, (Zed Books), 1998, 150pp, £12.95,

Do It Herself: Women and technical innovation
Helen Appleton
Although women are the majority of small-scale technology users, their technical knowledge and understanding has largely been overlooked. This book investigates the contributions of women to technical innovation at a grassroots level, using 22 case studies of technical innovation by women in 16 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
ISBN 1853392871, (ITP), 1995, 310pp, £14.95,

Financing Women's Enterprise: Beyond barriers and bias
Thea Hilhorst and Harry Oppenoorth
Emphasises how to improve the access of poor self-employed women to financial services. Includes a review of current knowledge about women's need for finance, how this is presently met and how this could be improved.
ISBN 1853391743, (ITP), 1992, 96pp, £9.95,

Gender and Disability: Women's experiences in the Middle East
Lina Abu-Habib
Women with disabilities face a double discrimination, both in terms of gender and also of their particular disability. This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern context. It provides a general overview of gender and disability and includes several case studies from the Lebanon, Yemen, and the occupied Palestinian Territories. Each case study features personal histories from disabled women and members of organizations for disabled people, to highlight particular issues concerning gender and disability.
ISBN 0855983639, (Oxfam), 1997, 98pp, £7.95,

Gender and Migration
Edited by Caroline Sweetman
The articles in this collection explore the vast array of different reasons for women and men moving within and outside their native countries, whether it be for employment, upon marriage, or in the midst of conflict. The contributors stress the importance of seeing an individual migrant in her or his context as a member of a social network, spanning different locations.
ISBN 085598399X, (Oxfam), 1998, 72pp, £7.95,

Gender and Organizational Change: Bridging the gap between policy and practice
Mandy MacDonald, Ellen Sprenger and Ireen Dubel
If real change is to occur with respect to gender, organizational development will be needed not only within development organizations in the South, but also in the North. This book presents a practical approach to change built on consensus, richly illustrated with experiences in gender interventions. It includes a 'road map' for organizational change; material on organizational culture, the change agent, and gender; strategies for developing more gender-sensitive practice; and guidelines for a gender assessment of an organization.
ISBN 9068327097, (KIT Press), 1997, 156pp, £15.95,

Gender and Technology: Empowering women, engendering development
Saskia Everts
Provides a practical guide to integrating gender into technology and development. The book demonstrates why gender awareness needs to be integrated into technology transfers, explores the technology needs of women and looks at how technology itself can empower - and disempower. Part One looks at women's technology needs in theory and in practice. Part Two focusses on the integration of gender into development projects, utilizing a variety of case studies from the North adn South in two important technical domains - waste and transport.
ISBN 1856496589, (Zed Books), 1998, 168pp, £12.95,

Gender Planning and Development: Theory, practice and training
Edited by C. Moser
Explores the relationship between gender and development, and provides a comprehensive introduction to developing country gender policy and planning practice, emphasizing the role training plays in creating gender awareness and assessing women's needs.
ISBN 0415056217, (Routledge), 1994, 232pp, £16.99,

Gender Planning in Development Agencies: Meeting the challenge
Mandy MacDonald
A collection of articles on gender planning arising from a Europe-wide conference of development agencies. The book includes both keynote and thematic papers on theoretical and practical issues, as well as twelve case studies from across Europe.
ISBN 0855982632, (Oxfam), 1994, 232pp, £9.95,

Gender Training: A source book
S.J.R. Cummings, H. van Dam and M.Valk
Books in the Gender, society and development sub-series provide state-of-the-art articles on specific themes. Each is based on the most relevant literature, made accessible by annotated bibliographies. An introduction and an overview of mainstream publications are followed in this volume by four reviews examining gender training in different regions: South Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa (with a case study of South Africa), Latin America and the Caribbean. Each review covers approaches and experiences with gender training, with emphasis on 'grey' literature in addition to published articles and books. Material from across the developing world is included in the bibliography, which is a unique source of publications on gender analysis and gender training from the literature, plus regional and national sources.
ISBN 085598404X, (Oxfam), 1998, 178pp, £15.95,

Gender, Education and Training
Edited by Caroline Sweetman
Articles in this collection discuss both increasing access to education and training for girls and women, and the need to transform the materials used for teaching, to promote a vision of gender equlity in theory and in practice.
ISBN 0855984007, (Oxfam), , 72pp, £7.95,

Gender, Small-scale Industry and Development Policy
I. S. A. Baud and G. A. de Bruijne
Links the gender perspective on small-scale industry which explicitly concentrates on social groups, with economic questions of higher employment and wider distribution of production.
ISBN 1853391522, (ITP), 1992, 214pp, £30.00,

Gender, Small-scale Industry and Development Policy
I. S. A. Baud and G. A. de Bruijne
Links the gender perspective on small-scale industry which explicitly concentrates on social groups, with economic questions of higher employment and wider distribution of production.
ISBN 1853391565, (ITP), 1992, 214pp, £14.95,

Getting Down to Business: A training manual for businesswomen
Uschi Kraus-Harper and Malcolm Harper
A manual designed to assist trainers to organize and conduct more effective courses for women in business. The vital contribution of enterprising women is increasingly being recognized and more institutions are now organizing special training programmes.
ISBN 1853391131, (ITP), 1991, 166pp, £12.95,

Getting Institutions Right for Women in Development
Edited by Anne-Marie Goetz
Development institutions and organizations can marginalize gender-sensitive policies, with the asymmetrical distribution of resources and social value contributing to an imbalanced gender dynamics. This book offers a gendered analysis of development organizations in a range of different institutional arenas from the state to the community and explores the issue at all levels of the corporate hierarchy, in state, non-state and NGO organizations alike. For students, academics and all those concerned with gender issues.
ISBN 1856495264, (Zed Books), 1997, 248pp, £14.95,

Half the World, Half a Chance: An introduction to gender and development
Julia Cleves 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.
ISBN 0855981865, (Oxfam), 1993, 232pp, £9.95,

Men and Masculinity Men and Masculinity
Edited by Caroline Sweetman
A collection of articles by development practitioners and theorists, which considers the implications of male gender identities on the rights of both women and men, and on gender-equitable development.
ISBN 0855983779, (Oxfam), 1997, 72pp, £7.95,

Missing Links: Gender equity in science and technology for development
Gender Working Group of the United Nations Commissions on Science and Technology for Development
Gender differences in the field of science and technology have real consequences for the quality of women's lives and for sustainable human development. In this book gender specialists from around the world probe topics ranging from indigenous knowledge, health and information to education, literacy and small business. They provide a valuable insight into the failure of science and technology to answer women's needs and the lack of women's power in this critical domain.
ISBN 1853392898, (ITP), 1995, 392pp, £17.50,

Missionaries and Mandarins: Feminist engagement with development institutions
Edited by Carol Miller and Shahra Razavi
This book examines the various strategies of engagement employed by women working to transform the bureacratic structures of state organizations, multilateral institutions and NGOs to make them more gender-equitable. These strategies involve combining the task of pursuing transformative agendas from within bureaucracies - of being 'missionaries' - while adapting to the techniques and practices of the bureaucracy as a 'mandarin' would have to do. The contributors examine struggles not only at the discursive level, where women's needs are constructed and contested, but also at the institutional level of the rules and procedures of bureaucratic actors, and at the level of resource allocation. Studies from many different countries, including Vietnam, Australia, the United States and Morocco, illustrate both the variety of institutional strategies adopted by feminists in different political and cultural settings, and the highly diverse forms of political action by women which can be seen to constitute feminist politics. From their different perspectives the contributors acknowledge the gendered nature of bureaucracies but argue against the view that these institutions are monolithic and impermeable. This book has much to say to all those feminists working within bureaucracies - whether state or civil society institutions - with the aim of promoting women's concerns; it will also interest those who have chosen a strategy of 'disengagement'. In addition, the book makes a significant contribution to recent developments in the anthropological study of organizations.
ISBN 1853394343, (ITP), 1998, 226+xiv pp., £14.95,

No Short Cuts: A starter resource book for women's group fieldworkers (New edition)
Nicky May
Designed primarily for outsiders working with women's groups, this clear and practical book covers four main areas: how field workers can support women's groups, women's group organisations, women's group activities and resources.
ISBN 0907236189, (CHANGE), 1992, 60pp, £3.90,

The Oxfam Gender Training Manual
Suzanne Williams with Janet Seed and Adeline Mwau
This comprehensive approach to gender training in development encompasses work on gender awareness-raising and gender analysis at the individual, community and global level. An important reference source for development agency trainers and academics.
ISBN 0855982675, (Oxfam), 1994, 634+xiv pp, £30.00,

Speaking Out: Women's economic empowerment in South Asia
Edited by Marilyn Carr, Martha Chen and Renana Jhabvala
This volume draws together the experiences of seven South Asian NGOs in organizing rural and urban poor women for economic empowerment. Going beyond the normal descriptive accounts of the work of these NGOs, it throws new light on how changes are occurring at the grassroots level, and analyses and defines economic empowerment from the perspective of the women themselves. Through seven detailed case studies, the book demonstrates how women are gaining increased access to, and control over, economic resources, and how this in turn has led to far-reaching socio-cultural and political changes at the individual, family, community and wider economy levels. It also shows how women are now building and taking control of their own organizations which are becoming more autonomous and financially self-reliant. This book will be of relevance to students of development and women's studies, development planners and practitioners, and women's organizations, as well as those with an interest in South Asia.
ISBN 1853393827, (ITP), 1996, 252pp, £9.95,

The Tech and Tools Book: A guide to the technologies women are using worldwide
Edited by J. Sandler and R. 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.
ISBN 0946688176, (ITP), 1986, 200pp, £12.95,

Transforming Development: Women, poverty and politics
Margaret C. Snyder
Transforming Development is uniquely appropriate reading at a time when civil society and the private sector are popular concepts and foreign aid is under fire. This books shows that given the chance, women are instrumental in expanding and democratizing national economies: they create wealth and family well-being. Through a history of UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, the author shows how the large-scale investments of governments, the World Bank, the United Nations and other organizations can become both more effectively and gender-sensitive. The book includes both a history of UNIFEM with its struggle to survive political and bureaucratic power games, and an examination of some of the activities which UNIFEM has assisted, from village-level projects to national and regional policy interventions.
ISBN 1853393029, (ITP), 1995, 288pp, £19.95,

Violence Against Women
Edited by Caroline Sweetman
This collection of articles from development practitioners and feminist activists places violence against women, both direct and indirect, in the context of development. Writers here focus on campaigning and advocacy as well as on work with women who have experienced violence, in countries including Russia, Guinea-Bissau, and India. The collection includes accounts of work with women who have been sexually assaulted and those who have undergone cultural practices such as female genital mutilation and early marriage.
ISBN 0855984015, (Oxfam), 1998, 80pp, £7.95,

Women and Empowerment: Illustrations from the Third World
Edited by Haleh Afshar
This volume widens the debate on empowerment to balance different experiences and evaluate the roles played by agencies, donors and recipients. The question is `who empowers whom?'Using case studies from Latin America, South-East Asia and the Middle East, the authors discuss the diverse political and economic measures that have been introduced in the name of empowerment.
ISBN 0333719743, (Macmillan), 1998, 212pp, £16.99,

Women and Food Security: The experience of the SADCC countries
Edited by Marilyn Carr with an introduction by Anna Makinda
Consists of papers on women's access to, and use of, improved food technologies in all areas, and addresses such factors as access to credit and training, involvement in technology and design, infrastructure and markets, and the policy environment. The experiences described have wide application outside Southern Africa
ISBN 1853391182, (ITP), 1991, 224pp, £30.00,

Women and Food Security: The experience of the SADCC countries
Edited by Marilyn Carr with an introduction by Anna Makinda
Consists of papers on women's access to, and use of, improved food technologies in all areas, and addresses such factors as access to credit and training, involvement in technology and design, infrastructure and markets, and the policy environment. The experiences described have wide application outside Southern Africa
ISBN 1853391093, (ITP), 1991, 224pp, £12.95,

Women and Rights
Caroline Sweetman
This book explores issues of women's rights including: the legal background and history of human rights legislation; the special human-rights problems of women in situations of conflict or as refugees; violence against women as a human rights violation; the rights of disabled women and the importance of providing information and training to enable women to claim their rights. Contributors include Rebecca J Cook, Alda Facio, Chakola Beyani, and Lina Abu Habib.
ISBN 0855983175, (Oxfam), 1995, 64pp, £7.95,

Women and the Transport of Water
Val Curtis
The haulage of water is one of the most arduous and time-consuming tasks of rural women, and this paper looks at the scale of the problem in general and in particular in Kenya, suggesting ways in which improved methods of transport could help.
ISBN 0946688427, (ITP), 1986, 64pp, £7.95,

Women in Development: A resource guide for organisation and action
ISIS
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.
ISBN 1853391050, (ITP), 1984, 226pp, £14.95,

Women in Micro- and Small-scale Enterprise Development
Edited by Louise Dignard and Jose Havet
Women's role in enterprise development is now acknowledged as crucial, and a sense of urgency seems to beset all practitioners in the field. This book presents the complexity of women's situations in micro- and small-scale enterprises, and the importance of the issues being addressed, through the bringing together of contributions from practitioners and researchers. It provides a detailed analysis of current knowledge, and guidelines towards improved practice.
ISBN 1853392847, (ITP), 1995, 312pp, £16.95,

Women Working Together: For personal, economic and community development
Suzanne Kindervatter
More than 40 proven participatory learning activities. A resource for field workers, adult educators, extension agents and group leaders, it enables women to organize for a variety of development efforts. Adaptable for literate or pre-literate groups.
ISBN 0912917016, (UNIFEM), 1988, 100pp, £10.00,

Women's Roles in Technical Innovation: Food cycle technology source book
UNIFEM
Women's indigenous technical knowledge and innovative solutions to problems are in evidence across the whole range of food cycle technologies. This book highlights the broad range of expertise that exists in rural areas. The book first gives a brief account of women's indigenous technical knowledge, and its extent. It goes on to explore women's role in the innovation process and how technical innovation has conventionally ignored this. This argument is illustrated through case studies and lessons; and the book ends with guidelines for development practitioners working with women.
ISBN 185339307X, (ITP), 1995, 88pp, £7.95,

Women, Land and Authority: Perspectives from South Africa
Edited by Shamim Meer
Through several pioneering surveys and case studies, Women, Land and Authority explores women's attitudes to land and related resources, and examines conditions of housing, labour and subsistence for women, using extensive research undertaken in South Africa. What emerges is a sharp sense of transition and crisis - and a pressing need for women's organisations, to ensure that development and legislation are informed by the priorities of women, and that South Africa's land question is treated not least as a problem of gender transformation.
ISBN 0855983752, (Oxfam), 1997, 146pp, £9.95,