Complicit sisters : gender and women's issues across North-South divides

Complicit sisters : gender and women's issues across North-South divides / Sara De Jong.

This book explores the reflections of women in the global North whose ""doing good"" work is aimed at improving conditions for other women. Drawing on interviews with women NGO workers in seven different European countries about their experiences and perspectives on working on ge...

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Main Author: Jong, Sara de (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:Oxford studies in gender and international relations.
Subjects:
Women in development > Developing countries.
Women volunteers in social service > Developing countries.
Non-governmental organizations.
Women > Developing countries > Social conditions.
Feminism > Developing countries.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Feminism
Non-governmental organizations
Women in development
Women > Social conditions
Women volunteers in social service
Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy.
Feminism & feminist theory.
Gender studies: women & girls.
International relations.
Population & demography.
Society & culture: general.
Society.
Developing countries
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Summary:This book explores the reflections of women in the global North whose ""doing good"" work is aimed at improving conditions for other women. Drawing on interviews with women NGO workers in seven different European countries about their experiences and perspectives on working on gendered issues affecting women in the global South, this book looks at the ways in which the work they do is embedded in power structures and inequalities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 228 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190626570
0190626577
9780190626587
0190626585
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 15, 2017).

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