Donor‑funded women’s empowerment in Tajikistan: Trajectories of women’s NGOs and changing attitudes to the international agenda

doi:10.1007/s12116-021-09343-8

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Title: Donor‑funded women’s empowerment in Tajikistan: Trajectories of women’s NGOs and changing attitudes to the international agenda
Creator: Kluczewska, Karolina
Date: 2022
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-021-09343-8
Description: This article investigates internationally funded women’s empowerment initiatives in Tajikistan. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the subsequent Tajik civil war (1992–1997), this newly independent, Muslim-majority country has experienced an influx of foreign aid, including in the field of women’s rights. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, the article analyzes the growth and diversification of local, Western-funded women’s non-governmental organizations (NGOs) between 1991 and 2020, paying attention to their leadership and aims, as well as changing perceptions of donors’ interventions. It is argued that, initially, local activists were supportive of international projects, which promoted gender equality by supporting women’s integration into the new, capitalist economy. In the last decade, however, an increasing conditionality of funding and deteriorating donor-NGO relations has fueled local contestations of the international agenda. The donor-enhanced women’s empowerment model, which fosters individual responsibility and self-reliance, is increasingly criticized for aggravating the conditions of local women in the context of a growing economic insecurity characterizing the local capitalist economy. Against this resentment, an alternative women’s empowerment model, advancing gender equity based on complementarity of male and female social roles and stressing the importance of family as a safety net against economic precarity, is gaining prominence locally.

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Type: статьи в журналах
Source: Studies in comparative international development. 2022. Vol. 57, № 1. P. 60-81
Language: eng

Created: 14-03-2023

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Факультет исторических и политических наук (с 01.09.2018 г.) Donor‑funded women’s empowerment in Tajikistan: Trajectories of women’s NGOs and changing attitudes to the international agenda