Scholarly Articles

In recent years there has been increased attention to the importance of gender in securing long-term development goals. Consensus has now been reached that increasing the social status and economic capacity of women is an effective way of improving outcomes. The subject of this paper is the viability of the ‘Gender and Development’ (GAD) paradigm as a means of establishing socially and politically sustainable gains for women in developing countries.

To engage local people in assessing the impact of the Millennium Village Project on their lives, a community led Photovoice project was initiated in the first millennium village-Sauri, Kenya.

Currently, more than half of the human population resides in cities. Over one-third of these cities are located in the global south, where many of the world’s slum and squatter settlements are located. The unique experience of the urban poor has helped initiate a reconfiguration of poverty definitions, led by Amartya Sen’s capabilities approach.

The Government of Bangladesh has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the ILO Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention. Many activities to transport children’s rights principles to underprivileged children have already been initiated in Bangladesh.