From complexity to simplicity - how chasing success stories affects gendered NGO practices

Bibliographic Data

ID3885552
AuthorsMaren Olene Kloster (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume30
Issue4
Pages437-447
Publication date2020-05-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2020.1720609
OpenAlexW3024175959
LanguageEN
References cited19

This article argues that the “production” of success has become crucial for NGOs to manage their individual brand and secure funding within the contemporary global health and development landscape. Based on an empirical study of a Save the Children project in Malawi aimed at reducing teenage pregnancies by retaining girls in school, it illustrates how gender has become de-politicised within global health. Furthermore, it also shows how their changing role and growing pressure on NGOs to achieve impact and success stories affect NGOs’ ability to represent and understand the lives of women and girls

Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Gender Studies · International Development and Aid · Religion, Society, and Development · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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