Abstract

Has feminism transformed development studies? What happens to feminist theory and practice within the development industry? Each contributor to this volume seeks to answer these questions, by describing her project and its feminist rationale, and analyzing three fundamental challenges: how to make a feminist agenda work within development agencies, including the difficulties of finding funding and the constraints imposed by funders; the ethical and methodological issues raised by feminism - including the differences between women and the legitimacy of studying the Other; and how to find new ways to work together for global change without imposing Western feminism on Southern women.