Readings

1. Charlotte Feldman-Jacobs and Sarah Ryniak. 2006. Tostan: The community empowerment program. Pp 29-38 in Abandoning female genital mutilation/cutting.  Dec, Population Reference Bureau (USAID). (notice especially the discussion of the convention model)
2. Kandiyoti, Deniz. 1997. Bargaining with patriarchy. Pp 86-92 in Visvanathan, Duggan, Nisonoff and Wiegersma (eds) The Women, Gender and Development Reader. London: Zed Books. In Canvas.
3. Hoodfar, Homa. 1997. Return to the veil: Personal strategy and public participation in Egypt. Pp 320-25 in Visvanathan, Duggan, Nisonoff and Wiegersma (eds) The Women, Gender and Development Reader. London: Zed Books. In Canvas.
4. Jean L. Pyle. 2011. Globalization and the increase in transnational care work: The flip side. Pp 252-69 in Visvanathan, Duggan, Nisonoff and Wiegersma (eds) The Women, Gender and Development Reader. London: Zed Books.
5. Lila Abu-Lughod. 2011. Do Muslim women really need saving? Anthropological reflections on cultural relativism and its others. Pp 89-94 in Visvanathan, Duggan, Wiegersma and Nisonoff (eds) The Women, Gender and Development Reader (2nd edition). London: Zed Books.

Lecture pages

• Change happens
• Change happens (part 2)
• Power
• Patriarchy
• Outline

Video

• PBS segment on the film Wasteland (and short clip on the landfill from the film)