Our Favourite Readings
Women in Research
Conducting Fieldwork While Female, or “Is Crit Always Legit?”. https://jennifersdailyread.com/2019/08/07/conducting-fieldwork-while-female-or-is-crit-always-legit/
Challenges facing female researchers in conflict settings. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/africaatlse/2020/03/06/challenges-facing-female-researchers-in-conflict-settings-bukavu-series/
de Jong, S., Icaza, R., Rutazibwa, O.U. (eds). (2019). Decolonization and Feminisms in Global Teaching and Learning. Routlege: London.
Jackson, R. & Kelly, M. (eds). (2019). Women Researching in Africa. Palgrave macmillan:Cham.
UNEP, UN Women, PBSO and UNDP. (2013). Women and natural resources: Unlocking the peaceful building potential. Online report available at: https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/crisis-prevention-and-recovery/women-and-natural-resources.html
Empowerment
ZEF. 2020. Strengthening women's decision power for gender Equality in children's education. ZEF Policy Brief 35. Download
Kabeer, Naila (1999): Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women’ s Empowerment. Development and Change 30, S. 435-464.
Alkire, S., Meinzen-Dick, R., Peterman, A., Quisumbing, A., Seymour, G., & Vaz, A. (2013). The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index. World Development, 52, 71–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.06.007
Women, Religion and Patriarchalism
Stone, Merlin (1978): When god was a woman. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Harvest HBJ book).
Cross Cultural Differences in Research & Gender
Sands, R. G., Bourjolly, J., & Roer-Strier, D. (2007). Crossing Cultural Barriers in Research Interviewing. Qualitative Social Work, 6(3), 353–372. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325007080406