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Women, development, and the UN : a sixty-year quest for equality and justice /

Jain, Devaki, 1933-

Women, development, and the UN : a sixty-year quest for equality and justice / Devaki Jain ; foreword by Amartya Sen. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005. - xxiv, 230 p. ; 24 cm. - United Nations intellectual history project . - United Nations intellectual history project (Series) .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-210) and index.

Introduction: Women, development, and equality : history as inconclusive dialogue -- Setting the stage for equality, 1945-1965 -- Inscribing development into rights, 1966-1975 -- Questioning development paradigms, 1976-1985 -- Development as if women mattered, 1986-1995 -- Lessons from the UN's sixth decade, 1996-2005.

0253346975 (cloth : alk. paper) 0253218195 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2005003698


United Nations.


Women in development--International cooperation--History.
Women's rights--International cooperation--History.

HQ1240 / .J35 2005

305.42/09172/4

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