AID, NGOs and the Realities of Women's Lives: A perfect storm

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ISBN 10: 1853397792 / ISBN 13: 9781853397790

Published by -, 2013

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Synopsis:

Aid, NGOs and the Realities of Women's Lives explores how international NGOs are navigating changes that challenge their role and legitimacy, their values, and their overall purpose. •The writers explore alternative ways of conceptualizing development, and of bringing about improvements for the most marginalized and increasingly 'unheard' women. •The book calls for a re-examination of theories about change, and a re-focus on ideas of complexity and feminism and on learning from past NGO experience. Aid organizations have their origins in a desire to help the world's poorest and most marginalized people - but are they reaching these people? Several factors are coming together that put pressure on non-government organizations (NGOs) working in international development: the economic crisis, the growing conditionality of aid, and increased competition for funding between NGOs. This creates 'a perfect storm' driven by a new language of aid, policies and procedures established in Europe and USA and leaving poor women behind.

About the Authors: Tina Wallace has worked in development, as an academic, practitioner and activist for over 35 years and has conducted reviews with the major NGOs including Oxfam, ActionAid, WaterAid, Amnesty International, as well as IIED and the UK’s Department for International Development.

Fenella Porter lectures in development at Birkbeck College, University of London. She has been an activist and researcher on development and gender, with NGOs and women’s organizations in Africa and the UK.

Bibliographic Details

Title: AID, NGOs and the Realities of Women's Lives...
Publisher: -
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good