1450 - Foreign aid, NGOs, and Private Corporations in Women's Lives

Session Submission Type: Paper Session 100min

Description

This session takes a sweeping look at research on the direct and indirect influences of foreign aid, NGOs, and private corporations in women's lives - from reducing violence against women, shaping how sex workers perform their identities to obtain health services, being encouraged in breastfeeding infants by formula companies seeking market expansion of bottled drinking water, and influencing business innovation by female managers. The external influences on the quality of women's lives and their capabilities are the highlight of this session, with research from Africa, Asia, and the Caucasus.

Sub Unit

• Development and Gender

Session Organizer

• Paromita Sanyal, Florida State University

Presider

• Valeria Bonatti, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Individual Presentations

• Foreign Aid, Cultural Scripts, and Attitudes toward Violence against Women - Jeffrey Swindle, University of Michigan

• Son Targeting Fertility and Gender Violence Norms in the South Caucasus - Joseph Svec, Iowa State University

• The Strength of Female Leadership: Gender Discrimination, Network Penalties, and Firm Innovation in China - Junmin Wang, University of Memphis; Kaniz Fatema, University of Memphis; Caroline Reilly, University of Memphis

Discussant

• Rachel A. Rinaldo, University of Colorado, Boulder