[Paper] Identity and Power in Gender Relations

Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG)

We are also Human: Identity and Power in Gender Relations
Paper by Michael Drinkwater (2005)

In this paper it is argued that a rights based approach (RBA) is essential to the improvement of the situations of women and their families, especially the kind of RBA being adopted by CARE, that is, a relational approach to rights that sees us all as moral beings who possess equally rights and responsibilities. For women, especially those who experience daily conditions of poverty and vulnerability, to act to improve their own lives and those of their children, requires their ability to advance their status as citizens who regard themselves, and are regarded by others, as having equal rights to men and other higher status social groups. This requires, in any kind of work that seeks to further the interests of women, a much sharper focus on processes of social and cultural change, and in this context, dealing with the culturally deeply embedded factors that sustain the status of women as less human subjects.

To read this paper, please visit: http://www.sarpn.org.za/documents/d0002115/Gender_relations_Drinkwater_Feb2005.pdf
Received on Fri Aug 18 10:13:56 2006