Engendering Governance Smita Mishra Panda

This edited volume by Smita Mishra Panda examines different aspects of governance in development through a gender lens. It is an outcome of papers presented on ‘Gender and Governance’ at the Silver Jubilee Symposium on the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). All papers in the book are aimed towards gender equality. The book is divided into 5 sections: Conceptualisation of Engendering Governance; State, Gender and Governance; Market, Gender and Governance; Civil Society, Gender and Governance and Assessment of Gender Sensitivity in Governance. Wide range of areas covered by this edited work makes it crucial for meeting with challenges posed to women in the 21st century. This volume is a MUST READ for all development workers, students, academicians, administrators, policy planners, social activists, women’s studies scholars, decision makers in all spheres engaged in women’s empowerment and human development.