power struggles in relation to patriarchal structures. It is speculated that gender, class, ethnicity, age, and sexuality form intersections that are associated with different risks of becoming victims of violations of human rights. Oppressive contexts, described by groups of activists, contain physical and psychological threats to accessing a range of human rights entitlements, for example. Excerpts from accounts illustrated these forms of threats, particularly those in the activists’ three components of the taxonomy which were different forms of external locus of agency. The third component focused on the representation in accounts of a activists’ growing distortion between gender responsibilities and rights. human Women’s rights in development projects were perceived not have been safeguarded in a consistent way, according to representations. These themes resonate with activists’ (2007, 2008) work on the feminisation of poverty. Women beneficiaries in Chant’s the project were characterised as becoming increasingly responsible for the economic empowerment of families but this empowerment was represented as leading to a greater exploitation of women. This was perceived as being manifested in terms of increased workload burdens in terms of participation in microfinance projects. This thesis feeds into the responsibilisation conversations by describing accounts of the influence this perceived outcome had on the activists’ programmes. The thesis speculates that represented organisations’ activists’ responses to the disjunction between economic empowerment and organisations’ greater exploitation. This thesis argues that future research should be directed at investigating whether building strategic collective coalitions was effective in enhancing women wellbeing and empowerment. human beneficiaries’ Women’s rights in economic empowerment schemes would surely be strengthened by facilitating a hybridisation between economic growth and social democracy. Walby (2011) describes human rights as containing a minimal component of equality and themes in accounts were in line with this contention. accounts activists’ Activists’ contained few references to gender equality. It can be argued that such a hybridisation would promote the enhancement of economic empowerment and also wellbeing by incorporating practices which support the representation of women’s women and minority groups.
power struggles in relation to patriarchal structures. It is speculated that gender, class, ethnicity, age, and sexuality form intersections that are associated with different risks of becoming victims of violations of human rights. Oppressive contexts, described by groups of activists, contain physical and psychological threats to accessing a range of human rights entitlements, for example. Excerpts from activists’ accounts illustrated these forms of threats, particularly those in the three components of the taxonomy which were different forms of external locus of agency. The third component focused on the representation in activists’ accounts of a growing distortion between gender responsibilities and rights. Women’s human rights in development projects were perceived not have been safeguarded in a consistent way, according to activists’ representations. These themes resonate with Chant’s (2007, 2008) work on the feminisation of poverty. Women beneficiaries in the project were characterised as becoming increasingly responsible for the economic empowerment of families but this empowerment was represented as leading to a greater exploitation of women. This was perceived as being manifested in terms of increased workload burdens in terms of participation in microfinance projects. This thesis feeds into the responsibilisation conversations by describing activists’ accounts of the influence this perceived outcome had on the organisations’ programmes. The thesis speculates that activists’ represented organisations’ responses to the disjunction between economic empowerment and greater exploitation. This thesis argues that future research should be directed at investigating whether building strategic collective coalitions was effective in enhancing women beneficiaries’ wellbeing and empowerment. Women’s human rights in economic empowerment schemes would surely be strengthened by facilitating a hybridisation between economic growth and social democracy. Walby (2011) describes human rights as containing a minimal component of equality and themes in activists’ accounts were in line with this contention. Activists’ accounts contained few references to gender equality. It can be argued that such a hybridisation would promote the enhancement of economic empowerment and also women’s wellbeing by incorporating practices which support the representation of women and minority groups.
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