Aiding Empowerment: Democracy Promotion and Gender Equality in Politics
Saskia Brechenmacher and Katherine Mann's book critically surveys international efforts to support women's political participation and leadership over the past three decades, with case studies of Kenya, Nepal, Morocco, and Myanmar. It aims to chart both areas of progress and persistent challenges and take stock of the evidence undergirding different programmatic interventions in this area, recognizing that gender equality is a vital but increasingly contested element of democracy globally. They ask: What ideas about gender, power, and political change guide these aid programs? What have practitioners and advocates learned about their strengths and weaknesses, and how might they improve their work going forward?
