Supporting Pathways of Women's Empowerment: a brief guide for International Development Organisations

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2011
Document Type:
Research Paper
Theme:
Social Change
Authors:
Eyben, R.

Abstract

Most international development organisations include women's empowerment and gender equality as a key objective. But what empowerment means and how best to support it remains a matter of debate. This brief informs that debate with empirical evidence from the five-year international research programme, Pathways. Pathways researchers from West Africa, South Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the UK used quantitative surveys, ethnographic fieldwork, participatory action research, life-histories, storytelling and film-making to discover how empowerment happens.

Citation

Eyben, R. Supporting Pathways of Women’s Empowerment: a brief guide for International Development Organisations. Pathways Policy Paper, October 2011, 16 pp.

Supporting Pathways of Women’s Empowerment: a brief guide for International Development Organisations

Published 1 January 2011
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