The UN Conference of Women, held in Beijing in 1995, provided a forum for the exploration of current feminist topics. This volume presents papers from that conference, discussing in detail issues in gender studies and development, from rural and urban poverty to population and family planning....

The systematic study of power asymmetries and inequalities between women and men and nonbinary genders, have long been overlooked in development research. Within the complex framework of SDGs that, on the one hand aim at improving the quality of human life but, on the other hand, cement the...

pt. 1. Historical perspectives -- pt. 2. Theoretical developments -- pt. 3. A fresh look at households -- pt. 4. Labour market debates -- pt. 5. Lessons from the laboratory -- pt. 6. Institutions matter.