1. – Ratna M. Sudarshan is Advisor & former Director, Institute of Social Studies Trust, N.Delhi
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Published
27-Jun-2013 |
Abstract
This paper examines the experience
with one particular government
program seeking women’s
economic empowerment, and is
based on field work mostly conducted
for evaluative studies of
the program. It argues that
prevalent social norms translate
into patterns of time use that can
be difficult to shift, and that continues
to mediate outcomes
around women’s work. The paper
suggests that outcomes may
improve if more attention is given
to building capacity of implementing
agencies on gender
equality concerns and that the
creation of ‘communities of practice’
that are able to displace or
re-orient ‘communities of birth’
offers a way to change gendered
social norms, which is essential
for successful empowerment outcomes.
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