Building Constituencies - Publications

Ana Alice Costa, 2008, Women and Politics: the Brazil Paradox, Open Democracy Despite an established and diverse women's movement, prominent in civil society, Brazil has one of the lowest rates of women's political participation in the world. Ana Alice Alcântara investigates a Brazilian paradox.

'A “Quase” Reforma Política no Brasil e a Ação Feminista', Ana Alice Alcântara Costa, (En Português), 2007 (pdf file 65 KB)

Rosalind Eyben, 2008, 'Making Women Work for Development - Again', Open Democracy. The shift of development policy and discourse away from gender equality and towards market-led growth is a regression that poses new challenges.

A-M. Goetz and C. Nyamu, 2008, 'Voice and Women's Empowerment: Mapping a Research Agenda', Pathways Working Paper 2, July (pdf file 1.82 MB)

T. Manuh, 2007, 'African Women and Domestic Violence', openDemocracy article, 26 November

T. Manuh, 2007, 'The Passage of Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana', unpublished commentary, Pathways (pdf file 180 KB)

RPC Resources

Women and Political Participation, BLDS RPC Direct and Siyanda Literature Search (pdf file 252 KB)