Women and Adjustment Policies in the Third World pp 233-252 | Cite as
Politicising Gender and Structural Adjustment
Abstract
If the purpose of research is to reveal, the purpose of advocacy is to see the revelation into wider consciousness and then into policy and remedial actions. This chapter is concerned not with an analysis of the impact of structural adjustment on women, but of the process of making that impact known, and postulating damage limitation and even preventative measures, as well as proposing alternatives to current forms of adjustment. It is a somewhat personal history, since it is the nature of political advocacy — about unusual and innovative issues — to travel light, so to speak, forming coalitions and caucuses as the opportunity arises.
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Structural Adjustment Debt Crisis Gender Dimension Overseas Development Political AdvocacyPreview
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