Eyben, Rosalind

Battles over booklets: gender myths in the British aid programme

Official policy documents are outcomes of intensely fought internal struggles. Through an analysis of a series of publicity booklets produced by the British aid programme between 1986 and 1998, this article explores how particular ways of thinking about women and gender were taken up by one donor agency. Based on the author's own experience, the article identifies the underlying processes related to power and knowledge that shaped a protracted and evolving bureaucratic contest over the text and pictures each booklet contained.

The rise of rights: rights-based approaches to international development

This Policy Briefing from IDS looks at rights-based approaches to development, something increasingly being used by international development agencies. It asks if their policy and practice support peopleÆs own efforts to turn their rights into reality. It first looks at the concept of rights based approaches and what international agencies mean by this, then goes to examine how rights are evolving, issues around power, politics and claims and finally some implications of rights-based approaches.

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