Developing Power : How Women Transformed International Development

In these testimonies, a distinguished group of 27 pioneering women from 12 countries tell their own stories, revealing the moments when they realised that they could challenge the received wisdom of the day, and the struggles involved in turning their ideas into actions. These varied accounts come from women involved in creating the four major UN conferences on women held from 1975 to 1995, women scholars, women in institutions that provide development funds, and women in development agencies.