Women, Development and Empowerment: A Pacific Feminist Perspective

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [title page]
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • EDITOR'S NOTE
  • INTRODUCTION TO PACIFIC WORKSHOP: WOMEN, DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT — WELCOME BY WORKSHOP CO-ORDINATOR
• • DAY 1 — DEVELOPING A FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE
    • FIRST SESSION: “WHAT IS FEMINISM?” p. 1
    • OPENING SESSION ON FEMINISM
    • FEMINISM p. 2
    • SUMMARY OF FIRST DISCUSSION OF FEMINISM p. 15
    • SUMMARY OF NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO FEMINISM p. 19
      • Negative attitudes to feminism p. 19
      • Other Negative Points Raised
      • Positive Attitudes to Feminism p. 20
      • Positive Attitudes to Feminism p. 21
    • CULTURAL AND TRADITIONAL PRACTICES, AND WOMEN'S STATUS IN THE PACIFIC
      • [section]
      • Two issues were identified for discussion:
    • A MAN'S WORLD p. 27
  • DAY 1 — WOMEN'S PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES IN THE PACIFIC: CASE STUDIES
    • INTRODUCTION p. 29
    • RATIONALE FOR WORKSHOP SESSION ON PROJECTS AND PROGRAMMES
    • PRIMARY HEALTH AND THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S FEDERATION IN KIRIBATI — Primary Health Care in Kiribati p. 30
    • A YWCA KINDERGARTEN IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS p. 34
    • THE WOMEN'S CRISIS CENTRE IN SUVA, FIJI p. 37
      • [section] p. 37
      • Contribution to the Community p. 39
      • The Centre and “Development”
      • Discussion p. 44
    • ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL MACHINERY FOR WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA p. 45
      • [section] p. 45
      • The Government Machinery p. 46
      • Workshop Discussion p. 49
    • WOMEN'S ORGANISATIONS IN GUAM p. 51
      • [section] p. 51
      • The Federation of Chamorro* Women's Organisations p. 52
      • Key Leadership Positions in the Federation p. 56
    • WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN A SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME, MOROBE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
      • [section]
      • Morobe Province
      • Beginnings of the Provincial Women's Organisation p. 62
      • The Subsistence Agriculture Programme
  • DAY 2 — WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT: A CRITICAL EXAMINATION
    • [section] p. 67
    • INTRODUCTION
    • PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES p. 68
      • [section] p. 68
      • Women and Development Planning p. 70
      • Summary of Workshop Discussion — What is Development? p. 71
      • Summary of Development Discussion p. 74
  • DAY 2 — PROJECTS AS STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN
    • CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE IDEA OF USING PROJECTS AS STRATEGIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN p. 77
      • [section] p. 77
      • Critical Appraisal of Projects
      • Evaluation of Projects p. 78
      • Analysis of the Positive Role of Projects p. 80
      • Income Generating Projects
      • Pilot Projects p. 81
      • Development Projects
      • Family Development
      • Village Credit p. 83
      • Summary of Workshop Discussion on Projects: Experiences p. 84
      • Project Problems
    • ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO DEVELOPMENT IN KANAKY* p. 89
    • WOMEN, DEVELOPMENT AND FEMINISM: SOME CRITERIA p. 92
  • DAY 3 — DEFINING PACIFIC FEMINISM p. 95
    • [section] p. 96
    • INTRODUCTION
    • DEFINING PACIFIC FEMINISM p. 102
      • [section] p. 102
      • The Family
      • Questions of Class or Privilege p. 104
      • Violence in the Family p. 105
      • Education
      • Religion p. 106
      • What is Traditional?
      • The Economy p. 108
      • The Environment p. 109
      • On Women's Traditional Power
    • OUR VISION* p. 111
      • [section] p. 111
      • The Family
      • Education p. 112
      • Religion p. 113
      • Economy
      • Environment p. 114
      • Politics
  • DAY 4 — WOMEN, DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT: STRATEGIES
    • ADVANCING PACIFIC FEMINISM TO EMPOWER WOMEN p. 117
      • [section] p. 117
      • Having A Say in Projects p. 119
      • Practical Ways of Empowerment p. 120
      • Learning to Say “No” p. 121
      • Examining Our Own Structures p. 123
      • Use of Resources - Time and Money p. 124
      • To Empower Women in Society p. 125
      • Women and Other Struggles for Social Change p. 128
      • Empowerment Means Having an Alternative Vision of Society
      • Feminist Perspective p. 129
    • STRATEGIES p. 130
      • [section] p. 130
      • Advancing Pacific Feminism
      • Family p. 131
      • Violence Against Women
      • Education
      • Economic Self-reliance
      • Working and Organising for Women p. 132
      • Status of Women
      • Women and Politics
• • APPENDIX 1 — EVALUATION p. 133
  • APPENDIX 2 — LIST OF PARTICIPANTS AND ADDRESSES p. 138

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