Despite women’s economic empowerment now being considered an essential component of development programming, in many parts of the world empowerment has not

This In Brief discusses problems with encouraging entrepreneurialism as a way to solve poverty and reports on what rural women believe will improve their livelihood — specifically co-operatives, as

In May–June 2015, the third Bougainville election since the establishment of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) was held. The ABG, inaugurated in 2005, is a result of the peace

Bina D’Costa and Katrina Lee-Koo, eds, Gender and Global Politics in the Asia-Pacific, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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Mathew Davies, ‘Women and Development, Not Gender and Politics: Explaining ASEAN’s Failure to Engage with the Women, Peace and Security Agenda’, Contemporary Southeast Asia, 38(1) 20

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