Question 1

Exemplified by Gita Sen and Caren Grown, what was the initial purpose of "empowerment" in development?

Accepted Answer

A)  To transform society 
B)  To balance gender roles 
C)  To deconstruct knowledge 
D)  To reveal structural inequality 
E)  To privilege gender questions 
A)  To transform society 
B)  To balance gender roles 
C)  To deconstruct knowledge 
D)  To reveal structural inequality 
E)  To privilege gender questions

Question 2

What is fundamental problem associated with the position of a "Global Sisterhood"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It lacks awareness of global positioning on feminist issues 
B)  It reinforces the dominant position of Western feminism 
C)  It gives preference to recipient organizations in priority setting 
D)  It is too intersectional and accepting of transversal theorizing 
E)  It is not a sustainable platform of action 
A)  It lacks awareness of global positioning on feminist issues 
B)  It reinforces the dominant position of Western feminism 
C)  It gives preference to recipient organizations in priority setting 
D)  It is too intersectional and accepting of transversal theorizing 
E)  It is not a sustainable platform of action

Question 3

Why is Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security such an important document?

Accepted Answer

A)  It allowed the International Criminal Court to investigate systemic cases of rape 
B)  It provided funding for the combat of domestic violence 
C)  It recognized sexual and gender-based violence as a human rights issue 
D)  It obligated states to report on the incidence of violence against women 
E)  It established the legal framework for cultural refugees 
A)  It allowed the International Criminal Court to investigate systemic cases of rape 
B)  It provided funding for the combat of domestic violence 
C)  It recognized sexual and gender-based violence as a human rights issue 
D)  It obligated states to report on the incidence of violence against women 
E)  It established the legal framework for cultural refugees

Question 4

Why is Security Council Resolution 1325 significant?

Accepted Answer

The adoption of Security Council Resolut

Question 5

Which early contribution to the feminist literature in development studies resonated with modernization theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Welfare approach 
B)  Women in development 
C)  Women and development 
D)  First-wave feminism 
E)  Suffragette movement 
A)  Welfare approach 
B)  Women in development 
C)  Women and development 
D)  First-wave feminism 
E)  Suffragette movement

Question 6

What was an important outcome for gender issues at the 1995 Fourth UN Women's Conference in Beijing?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Rights of the Child 
B)  Power now! 
C)  Because I am a Girl 
D)  Platform for Action 
E)  Education is Transformation 
A)  The Rights of the Child 
B)  Power now! 
C)  Because I am a Girl 
D)  Platform for Action 
E)  Education is Transformation

Question 7

The gender and development model sought to demonstrate that unequal gender relations hinder development and female participation in economic and political arenas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

All forms of gender-based violence, including male-on-male rape, violence directed at LGBTQIA2S+ communities, and femicide have been recognized in international law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In what sense does the WID approach challenge the assumption that women would automatically gain from modernization/development policies and projects?

Accepted Answer

A)  By calling attention to women as development actors 
B)  By treating women as the focus of social control of fertility 
C)  By a national policy for rural and remote communities in favour of the use of contraceptives 
D)  By developing theories of modernization and economic growth 
E)  By authoritarian state structures and coercion 
A)  By calling attention to women as development actors 
B)  By treating women as the focus of social control of fertility 
C)  By a national policy for rural and remote communities in favour of the use of contraceptives 
D)  By developing theories of modernization and economic growth 
E)  By authoritarian state structures and coercion

Question 10

What is the role of local grassroots organization in WAD approaches?

Accepted Answer

A)  None 
B)  They help women defend their rights 
C)  They have pressured countries to sign international commitments 
D)  They developed women-only projects intended to shelter women from the worst effects of capitalist development 
E)  All of the above, except A 
A)  None 
B)  They help women defend their rights 
C)  They have pressured countries to sign international commitments 
D)  They developed women-only projects intended to shelter women from the worst effects of capitalist development 
E)  All of the above, except A

Question 11

Decolonial feminists argue the continuing power of colonial knowledge about Latin American women is due to its internalization by feminists in the region.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Gender approaches to development recognized very early the need to examine issues around toxic masculinity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How does a lack of a historical and linear analysis of gender and development studies affect gender and development progress?

Accepted Answer

A)  The adoption of a gender and development (GA
D)  framework 
B)  It fails to reflect the progressive work of feminist and gender and development scholars 
C)  A deeper analyses of gender inequality and masculinities 
D)  The oppression of marginalized communities 
E)  None of the above 
A)  The adoption of a gender and development (GA
D)  framework 
B)  It fails to reflect the progressive work of feminist and gender and development scholars 
C)  A deeper analyses of gender inequality and masculinities 
D)  The oppression of marginalized communities 
E)  None of the above

Question 14

How is the relationship between gender equality and women's economic empowerment justified?

Accepted Answer

A)  Through economic growth programs 
B)  Through macroeconomic growth 
C)  With the commitment of international agreements 
D)  Through the abolition of racialized laws 
E)  With the celebration of different commemorative days 
A)  Through economic growth programs 
B)  Through macroeconomic growth 
C)  With the commitment of international agreements 
D)  Through the abolition of racialized laws 
E)  With the celebration of different commemorative days

Question 15

How effective has WID policies and projects been?

Accepted Answer

A)  Highly effective in solving inequality between women and men 
B)  Not highly effective and inequality between women and men persists 
C)  Poorly effective and inequality between women and men has disappeared 
D)  Highly effective but inequality between women and men persists 
E)  Highly effective and inequality between women and men has disappeared 
A)  Highly effective in solving inequality between women and men 
B)  Not highly effective and inequality between women and men persists 
C)  Poorly effective and inequality between women and men has disappeared 
D)  Highly effective but inequality between women and men persists 
E)  Highly effective and inequality between women and men has disappeared

Question 16

The United Nations is the only significant force in motivating women/gender studies in development.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What is a deeper issue facing men and boys that may subvert the gender mainstreaming theory of development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Masculine norms of "success" and the obstacles of achieving them in a globalized world 
B)  Traditional systems of patriarchy and the structural constraints placed on male leaders 
C)  Western norms being adopted by male leaders and their coercive influence on society 
D)  Toxic femininity and its undermining of traditional prerogatives 
E)  The privileging of economic norms over traditional sources of authority 
A)  Masculine norms of "success" and the obstacles of achieving them in a globalized world 
B)  Traditional systems of patriarchy and the structural constraints placed on male leaders 
C)  Western norms being adopted by male leaders and their coercive influence on society 
D)  Toxic femininity and its undermining of traditional prerogatives 
E)  The privileging of economic norms over traditional sources of authority

Question 18

Young men's difficulties to live up to expected roles has decreased men's participation in illegal activities such as drug trade and smuggling of persons.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What are the main contributions of the Global South critique of women's development scholarship and programs?

Accepted Answer

The question, implicitly as well as expl

Question 20

Gender mainstreaming is central for ensuring gender equality according to the Platform for Action.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Gender and Development: Theoretical Insights and International Commitments

Exemplified by Gita Sen and Caren Grown, what was the initial purpose of "empowerment" in development?

What is fundamental problem associated with the position of a "Global Sisterhood"?

Why is Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security such an important document?

Why is Security Council Resolution 1325 significant?

Which early contribution to the feminist literature in development studies resonated with modernization theory?

What was an important outcome for gender issues at the 1995 Fourth UN Women's Conference in Beijing?

The gender and development model sought to demonstrate that unequal gender relations hinder development and female participation in economic and political arenas.

All forms of gender-based violence, including male-on-male rape, violence directed at LGBTQIA2S+ communities, and femicide have been recognized in international law.

In what sense does the WID approach challenge the assumption that women would automatically gain from modernization/development policies and projects?

What is the role of local grassroots organization in WAD approaches?

Decolonial feminists argue the continuing power of colonial knowledge about Latin American women is due to its internalization by feminists in the region.

Gender approaches to development recognized very early the need to examine issues around toxic masculinity.

How does a lack of a historical and linear analysis of gender and development studies affect gender and development progress?

How is the relationship between gender equality and women's economic empowerment justified?

How effective has WID policies and projects been?

The United Nations is the only significant force in motivating women/gender studies in development.

What is a deeper issue facing men and boys that may subvert the gender mainstreaming theory of development?

Young men's difficulties to live up to expected roles has decreased men's participation in illegal activities such as drug trade and smuggling of persons.

What are the main contributions of the Global South critique of women's development scholarship and programs?

Gender mainstreaming is central for ensuring gender equality according to the Platform for Action.

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National Development Agencies and Bilateral Aid

The International Financial Institutions

The United Nations and Multilateral Actors in Development

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Civil Society and Development

China and the Emerging Economies

Debt and Development

Free Trade, Fair Trade, and South-South Trade

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Urban Development: Cities in the Global South

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Conflict and Development

Refugees and International Development Policy and Practice

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