SOC 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Neutral Party, Patriarchy, Gender Mainstreaming

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3306
• Professor: Adolphine Y.Aggor- Boateng

Document Summary

Argentinian women"s participation in unions and movements: religious fundamentalism: depends on who is in power. In india conservatives reject the state"s help towards women: nationalism: *economic empowerment: women with education and employment planned and unplanned development affects women"s status. Help developing countries a shorter period to bring up to western standards however they accumulated too much debt. *structural adjustment policies from 1979 and socio-economic impact on women, as they removed healthy food, care and education caused women to look elsewhere to support their families. To support their parents, the sick and their children. Reduced the status of women even more after wwii women have not benefited. As women"s labour is exploited it reduces their status in society. * marxism: to gain consciousness to form collective action to overthrow the system. Women have been conscietized in the 1960"s women started mobilizing to change their states. Practical and strategic interests: practical interest: resources that women require to perform their gender roles.