{"product_id":"9780253111845","title":"Women, Development, and the UN: A Sixty-Year Quest for Equality and Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Devaki Jain opens the doors of the United Nations and shows how it\u003cbr\u003e has changed the female half of the world -- and vice versa. Women, Development, and\u003cbr\u003e the UN is a book that every global citizen, government leader, journalist, academic,\u003cbr\u003e and self-respecting woman should read.\" -- Gloria\u003cbr\u003e Steinem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Devaki Jain's book nurtures your optimism in this\u003cbr\u003e terrible war-torn decade by describing how women succeeded in empowering both\u003cbr\u003e themselves and the United Nations to work toward a global leadership inspired by\u003cbr\u003e human dignity.\" -- Fatema Mernissi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Women, Development, and\u003cbr\u003e the UN, internationally noted development economist and activist Devaki Jain traces\u003cbr\u003e the ways in which women have enriched the work of the United Nations from the time\u003cbr\u003e of its founding in 1945. Synthesizing insights from the extensive literature on\u003cbr\u003e women and development and from her own broad experience, Jain reviews the evolution\u003cbr\u003e of the UN's programs aimed at benefiting the women of developing nations and the\u003cbr\u003e impact of women's ideas about rights, equality, and social justice on UN thinking\u003cbr\u003e and practice regarding development. Jain presents this history from the perspective\u003cbr\u003e of the southern hemisphere, which recognizes that development issues often look\u003cbr\u003e different when viewed from the standpoint of countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin\u003cbr\u003e America. The book highlights the contributions of the four global women's\u003cbr\u003e conferences in Mexico City, Copenhagen, Nairobi, and Beijing in raising awareness,\u003cbr\u003e building confidence, spreading ideas, and creating alliances. The history that Jain\u003cbr\u003e chronicles reveals both the achievements of committed networks of women in\u003cbr\u003e partnership with the UN and the urgent work remaining to bring equality and justice\u003cbr\u003e to the world and its women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067708489968,"sku":"9780253111845","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253111845_p0.jpg?v=1763681160","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253111845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}