Adapting Gender and Development to Local Religious Contexts b... - 9780367366087

Taylor & Francis

Adapting Gender and Development to Local Religious ContextsA Decolonial Approach to Domestic Violence in Ethiopia\nAuthor(s): Romina Istratii\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367366087, 978-0367366087\nSynopsis\nThis book provides a critical and decolonial analysis of gender and development theory and practice in religious societies through the presentation of a detailed ethnographic study of conjugal violence in Ethiopia.\n\nResponding to recent consensus that gender mainstreaming approaches have failed to produce their intended structural changes, Romina Istratii explains that gender and development analytical and theoretical frameworks are often constructed through western Euro-centric lenses ill-equipped to understand gender-related realities and human behaviour in non-western religious contexts and knowledge systems. Instead, Istratii argues for an approach to gender-sensitive research and practice which is .