The MDGs: Boon or bane for gender equality and women’s rights?

This article examines the potential positive impacts of the Millenium Development Goals in relation to Women’s Rights, focussing particularly on the situation of Asian Women. The author starts from a critical analysis of the third objective –promoting gender equality and women’s autonomyand further...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Manalo, Rosario, Reyes, Melanie
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/56468
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/56468
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Millennium Development Goals (MDG)
Women
Asia
Development
Objetivos del Milenio (ODM)
Mujeres
Desarrollo
Feminismo
Minorías étnicas (Sociología)
5906.03 Minorías
Descripción
Sumario:This article examines the potential positive impacts of the Millenium Development Goals in relation to Women’s Rights, focussing particularly on the situation of Asian Women. The author starts from a critical analysis of the third objective –promoting gender equality and women’s autonomyand further proposes new ways of mainstreaming gender in the rest of the Objectives. By doing so the author takes into consideration some of the proposals of the Interational Women’s Movement. The article calls for the necessity of being creative in promoting gender equity by following the paths opened in the Conference of Beijing more than a decade ago.