Explore
By examining how NGOs operate in Southern India in the early 2000’s, this book discusses the challenges faced by small, local NGOs in the uncertain times of changing aid dynamics. The key findings focus on what empowerment means for Indian women, and how NGO accountability to these groups is an important part of the empowerment being realised. The notion of community empowerment, in which the ‘solidarity’ of a group can be a path to individual empowerment, is discussed, as well as analysing how empowerment can be a useful concept in development. Based on case studies of 15 NGOs as well as in-depth interviews with 80 women’s self-help groups, the book highlights the key features of effective empowerment programs. The author uses innovative statistical analysis tools to show how a key factor in empowerment of marginalised women is the accountability relationship between themselves and the supporting NGO. The book goes on to discuss the ways that NGOs can work with communities in the future, and recognises the limitations of a donor-centric accountability framework. It provides a useful contribution to studies on South Asia as well as Gender and Development Studies.Introduction 1. Non-Governmental Organisations in India 2. The work of NGOs in India - SHGs and Women's Empowerment 3. Rural NGOs 4. Pune Waste-picker program 5. Measuring Women's Empowerment 6. NGO Accountability 7. Conclusion
This book is included in DOAB.
Why read this book? Have your say.
You must be logged in to comment.
ignatz
Rights Information
Are you the author or publisher of this work? If so, you can claim it as yours by registering as an Unglue.it rights holder.Downloads
This work has been downloaded 755 times via unglue.it ebook links.
- 167 - pdf (CC BY-NC-ND) at OAPEN Library.
- 252 - pdf (CC BY-NC-ND) at Unglue.it.
Keywords
- Accountability
- Asia
- Asian Studies
- Civil society
- Community development
- Development Studies
- Gender Studies - Soc Sci
- Gender studies, gender groups
- Geographical Qualifiers
- India
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- International non-governmental organization
- Karnataka
- Microfinance
- Non-governmental organization
- Non-governmental organizations
- Ontwikkelingsstudies
- Political activism
- Political Lobbying & Interest Groups
- Politics & Development
- Politics & government
- Politiek en ontwikkelingen
- Politieke lobbie en belangengroepen
- Pressure groups & lobbying
- Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects
- Samenleving
- Self-help
- Sociaal en culturele aspecten
- social exclusion
- Social groups
- Society & culture: general
- Society & Social Sciences
- South Asia
- South east asia
- thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FM South East Asia
- thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
- thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPW Political activism / Political engagement::JPWG Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action
- Women in development
- Zuid Azie
Links
DOI: 10.4324/9780203842720web: https://www.routledge.com/NGOs-in-India-Open-Access-The-challenges-of-womens-empowerment-and/Kilby/p/book/9780415544306
Editions
