Development in an Insecure and Gendered World: The Relevance of the Millennium Goals (Gender in a Global/Local World)

ISBN 10: 0754676919 / ISBN 13: 9780754676911

Published by Routledge, 2009

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Development in an Insecure and Gendered World: The Relevance of the Millennium Goals (Gender in a Global/Local World)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754676919
• ISBN 13: 9780754676911
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Millennium Declaration was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2000 and explicit targets were set to eradicate key problems in human development by 2015. This collection focuses specifically on the goals relating to gender issues that are problematic for women. The most relevant and contentious is that of promoting gender equality and empowering women. The book provides an overview of this and investigates literature that considers how gender is central to achieving the other goals. The contributors distinctively consider gender in the context of human security (or insecurity); the reduction and elimination of conflict would seem to be central to achieving targets. One of the major themes of this collection is whether gender insecurity has been exacerbated in an increasingly insecure world. The book considers not only military and civilian conflict in the contemporary era but also security in the broader sense of human development, such as environmental, reproductive and economic security.

About the Author

Jacqueline Leckie, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Gender and Sociology, University of Otago, New Zealand and Programme Coordinator, Social Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Gender and Sociology, University of Otago, New Zealand.