Feminist Policies and Practices

Abstract

This chapter presents global attempts at improving women's position, namely the welfare state, affirmative action, women in development, women and development, gender and development, gender mainstreaming, national women machineries, and the Beijing declaration. Despite all these global initiatives at solving gender imbalances, the desired results have not yet been attained. Despite good intentions and some real progress, the development community is still falling short in delivering on its promises.