Innovative Grassroots NGOs and the Complex Processes of Women's Empowerment: An Empirical Investigation from northern Tanzania

被引：44
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作者：
Goldman, Mara J. [1 ]
Little, Jani S. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
来源：
WORLD DEVELOPMENT | 2015年 / 66卷
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词：
empowerment; women; development; agency; Tanzania; Maasai; RIGHTS; MAASAI; REFLECTIONS; SCALE; CIVIL;
D O I：
10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.09.005
中图分类号：
F0 [经济学]; F1 [世界各国经济概况、经济史、经济地理]; C [社会科学总论];
学科分类号：
0201 ; 020105 ; 03 ; 0303 ;
摘要：
We argue that women's empowerment is an ongoing, incremental, and relational process that occurs across scales and pathways. Using a contextualized mixed methods approach, we measure empowerment processes unfolding across Maasai villages in northern Tanzania as related to the interventions of two innovative grassroots NGOs. Our results indicate increased personal agency in the household and increased political participation at the societal level as related to NGO involvement. Moreover, we show links between increased personal agency, and changes in beliefs regarding gender norms at the societal level. This highlights the transformative potential for change and the links across empowerment pathways. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：762 / 777
页数：16
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