Chapter 6 Review Questions

Gender and Development
  1. What is the “women and development” approach?
  2. What is the “gender mainstreaming” approach?
  3. What is the significance of Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security?
  4. Why should the economic empowerment of women not ignore other aspects of gender equality?
  5. What is the argument about the crisis of masculinity? Explain briefly.
  6. What was the main problem with WAD programs in relation to family planning?
  7. What are the purposes of gender analytical frameworks?
  8. What benefits can women’s economic empowerment convey?
  9. What are the implications of treating women as “walking wombs”?
  10. What questions have been raised by both post-colonial and decolonial feminists?
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