By Michael Johnson, Grassroots Economic Organizing
In producing their book Why Does Patriarchy Persist Carol Gilligan and Naomi Snider doggedly pursued the mystery of why our patriarchal ways of living and relating endure with such tenacity when they keep producing results we do not want.
By Eva Perroni, Food Tank
Many people think hunger is about too many people and too little food, but that is not the case. At Oxfam, we know that hunger is about power. Its roots lie in inequalities in access to resources and opportunities.
By Alka Srivastava, Alternative Perspectives
A transformative approach to the empowerment of women needs to be developed, particularly in relation to the social equality paradigm.
By Katy Harris, Sustainable Food Trust
In Mexican households, the role of women has traditionally involved caring for the children, controlling the family budget and preparing the food. Nowadays, however, they are expected to do more.
By Beatrix Campbell, Open Democracy
In the last quarter of the twentieth century the world’s institutions reached a consensus: they came together to hail the goal of gender equality. Ironically, this was at the very moment when we were witnessing the limits, the exhaustion, of the equality paradigm.
By Deborah Phelan, Resilience.org
In Mozambique, women operate Ambulance bicycle companies, a vital service in a country where climate change contributes to increasingly severe weather.