Patrons of women
Subtitle: literacy projects and gender development in rural Nepal
By: Esther Hertzog
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781845457686; 9781845459857
Subjects: Social conditions; Sex discrimination against women; Women in rural development; Literacy programs; Rural women
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The vulnerable patron: playing the role of a foreign gender consultant; title: Instrumental patronage: Leon and Hanna; title: Marginalizing economic activities, profiting from literacy classes; title: The role of economic activities in negotiating consent; title: The seminar: the successful failure of the women's empowerment project; title: Gender and the phantom budget.