Revisiting foundational feminist work on the concept of empowerment from the 1980s and 1990s, this paper draws on the findings of a multi-country research programme, 'Pathways of Women's Empowerment', to explore pathways of positive change in women's lives, in diverse contexts, and to draw...

"Writing from diverse locations, contributors critically examine some of the key terms in current development discourse. Why should language matter to those who are doing development? Surely, there are more urgent things to do than sit around mulling over semantics? But language does matter....

This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers who examine the struggles for interpretive power which underlies international development. This title questions why the insights from years of feminist gender and development research are so often turned into 'gender myths' and 'feminist...