Gender Planning and Development

<p>Gender planning is not an end in itself but a means by which women through a process of empowerment can emancipate themselves. Ultimately its success depends on the capacity of women's organizations to confront subordination and create successful alliances which will provide constructive support in negotiating women's needs at the level of household civil society the state and the global system.<br><em>Gender Planning and Development</em> provides an introduction to an issue of primary importance and constant debate. It will be essential reading for academics practitioners undergraduates and trainees in anthropology development studies women's studies and social policy.</p>