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Andrea Cornwall's Outputs (6)

Introduction: Women's empowerment: Contentions and contestations (2010)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Anyidoho, N. A. (2010). Introduction: Women's empowerment: Contentions and contestations. Development, 53(2), 144-149. https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2010.34

Andrea Cornwall and Nana Akua Anyidoho critically examine empowerment in an introduction to how to go beyond mainstream interpretations of empowerment to discover what is happening in women's lives that is bringing about positive change.

Introduction: Negotiating Empowerment (2010)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Edwards, J. (2010). Introduction: Negotiating Empowerment. IDS Bulletin, 41(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2010.00117.x

This introductory article draws out some of the dimensions and dilemmas around women's empowerment that are highlighted in the articles in this IDS Bulletin: the choices, the negotiations, the narratives and above all, the context of women's lived ex... Read More about Introduction: Negotiating Empowerment.

The use and abuse of participatory rural appraisal: reflections from practice (2010)
Journal Article
Cornwall, A., & Pratt, G. (2010). The use and abuse of participatory rural appraisal: reflections from practice. Agriculture and Human Values, 28(2), 263-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-010-9262-1

Over the course of the 1990s, donor enthusiasm for participation came to be institutionalized in a variety of ways. One particular methodology-Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA)-came to enjoy phenomenal popularity. New aid modalities may have shifte... Read More about The use and abuse of participatory rural appraisal: reflections from practice.