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115 - Regular Session. Development and Gender: Paradoxes, Unanticipated Effects
Sat, August 16, 2:30 to 4:10pm, TBASession Submission Type: Paper Session
Abstract
Governments around the world are grappling with programs and policies to enhance women’s empowerment and increase their participation in public programs. Papers in this session address ambiguous effects of these programs and suggest the need to ground them within historical and cultural schisms within the society.
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Gender Inequality and Democratic Education: Ironic Outcomes of Equality Programs in Bolivian Classrooms - Julie A. Reid, University of Southern Mississippi
Microcredit Groups and Women's Social Capital: Why Socio-religious Composition Matters - Paromita Sanyal, Cornell University; Umang Prabhakar, Cornell University
Subverting the Microfinance Myth: Gendered Livelihoods in Urban India’s Slums - Smitha Radhakrishnan, Wellesley College
The Oportunidades Conditional Cash Transfer Program and its Impact on Indigenous Youth in Chiapas, Mexico - Oscar Fernando Gil-Garcia, University of California-Los Angeles