EJPAU 2005. Rooij S. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR RURAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

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2005
Volume 8
Issue 3/volume8

Topic:

Economics

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Rooij S. 2005. INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR RURAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT, EJPAU 8(3/volume8), #30.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue3/volume8/abs-30.html

INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING FOR RURAL WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT

Sabine de Rooij
Rural Sociology Group, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

ABSTRACT

Basically, women’s empowerment is the process (and its outcomes) in which women – individually and collectively- become active, knowledgeable and goal-oriented actors who take and/ or support initiatives to overcoming gender inequalities. Hence, women’s empowerment refers to a strategy to achieve gender equality as well as to the inherent capacity building processes. Institutional capacity aimed at women’s empowerment is not a clearly defined concept. Yet, effective capacity building requires conceptual clarification and common understanding among institutional actors. Therefore the following questions need to be answered: what do I mean by institutional capacity? How can it be developed? More specifically, how can it contribute to rural women’s empowerment and gender equality?

Key words: gender, institutions, rural areas, women empowerment.

Sabine de Rooij
Rural Sociology Group,
Wageningen University and Research,
Wageningen, The Netherlands
Mansholtlaan 10-12, 6708 PA Wageningen, The Netherlands
email: Sabine.deRooij@wur.nl

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