Body Politics in Development sets out to define body politics as a key political and mobilising force for human rights in the last two decades. This passionate and engagingly written book reveals how once tabooed issues such as rape, gender based violence, sexual and reproductive rights have emerged fully fledged into the public arena as critical grounds of contention and struggle. Engaging in the latest feminist thinking and action, the book covers a broad range of key gender and development issues, including women’s human rights, fundamentalism, sexualities and new technologies.
It describes the struggles around body politics for people living in economic and socially vulnerable communities.
The viewpoints are diverse – from the self, family and community to the public at national and international levels. The book’s originality comes through the author’s rich personal insights, her own engagement in feminist activism, global body politics, women’s movements, and gender
and development policy debates.