Growing Down Like a Banana

Solomon Islands Village Women Changing Gender Norms

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ID2950854
AuthorsMichelle Dyer (0000-0002-9863-0099, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume18
Issue3
Pages193-210
Publication date2017-05-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanberra Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0314-9099 • E-ISSN: 1740-9314
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14442213.2017.1301544
OpenAlexW2620681140
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited26

This article presents Solomon Islands village women’s opinions about gender norms. It explores their perceptions of their ability to be involved in leadership roles and decision-making, and their analysis of how they conceive of their abilities changing. It attempts to unravel the ‘push-pull’ experience for Solomon Islands rural women—a push towards modernity equated with gender equity and development, and the pull of traditional gender roles for women embedded in notions of what it means to be a good Solomon Islander woman. It concludes that women’s empowerment must be viewed as a journey that encompasses women’s strategic and practical interests relating to agency in a variety of locations. This article contributes to understanding some aspects to women’s empowerment and how international NGOs and other development entities may have a role in creating space for women’s self-reflection, public commentary and visibility in secular social space

Agency (philosophy) · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Gender equity · Gender role · Modernity · Perception · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Gender Studies · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law · Psychology · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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