Gender and Development

Forget ‘manmade’: Berkeley bans gender-specific words

There will be no manholes in Berkeley, California. City workers will drop into “maintenance holes” instead. Nothing will be manmade in the liberal city but “human-made.” And students at the University of California, Berkeley, will join “collegiate Greek system residences” rather than fraternities and sororities.

ADB signs $30m loan for garment sector

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signs a $30-million loan deal with Brac Bank, which will be used to finance the construction and upgrade of garment factories in Bangladesh.

Gender and Development By Janet Momsen

GENDER and Development by Janet Momsen (2009) is an empirical study considering position of women in developing countries.

July 19, 2019
July 19, 2019

Forget ‘manmade’: Berkeley bans gender-specific words

There will be no manholes in Berkeley, California. City workers will drop into “maintenance holes” instead. Nothing will be manmade in the liberal city but “human-made.” And students at the University of California, Berkeley, will join “collegiate Greek system residences” rather than fraternities and sororities.

April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016

ADB signs $30m loan for garment sector

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) signs a $30-million loan deal with Brac Bank, which will be used to finance the construction and upgrade of garment factories in Bangladesh.

April 20, 2015
April 20, 2015

Gender and Development By Janet Momsen

GENDER and Development by Janet Momsen (2009) is an empirical study considering position of women in developing countries.