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The Twelfth of February

Canadian Aid for Gender Equality during the Rise of Violent Extremism in Pakistan

September 15, 2024 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9780228022527
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Description

Pakistan has been a priority country for international development assistance since the early years of its creation. Though Pakistan celebrates National Women's Day on 12 February each year to commemorate the 1983 women's march, three decades of war in neighbouring Afghanistan have stoked violent extremism and constrained development gains and gender equality. Canada led the first global efforts to support women's rights and gender equality in the region. The Twelfth of February tells the story of the Canadian International Development Agency's support for women's organizations and civil society in Pakistan. Rhonda Gossen traces the ebbs and flows of financial aid, drawing on her own unique experience as a development worker as well as compelling interviews with activists, non-governmental organizations, officials, and diplomats. She assesses how women's organizations work to resist violent extremism and makes the connection between gender inequality and security threats in a volatile region. Despite the influence of Islamic extremism, the gender equality movement in collaboration with civil society in Pakistan did make tangible headway. The Twelfth of February addresses a problem that is all too timely: given violent extremism's devastating impact on development gains including women's rights, security , and the elimination of gender-based violence, what is the future role for international development?

About this Author

Rhonda Gossen is a former Canadian diplomat and Canadian International Development Agency manager and consultant to the United Nations.

ISBN: 9780228022527
Format: Trade paperback
Series: McGill-Queen's/Brian Mulroney Institute of Government Studies in Leadership, Public Policy, and Governance
Pages: 276
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2024-09-15

Reviews

"Most interesting to me in this book is the conclusion Gossen draws: how a gender lens on security, development and diplomacy can help combat forces threatening human rights and democracy." Margaret Huber, former High Commissioner to Pakistan, Policy Magazine

"The Twelfth of February provides a nuanced account of CIDA's gender equality efforts in support of Pakistani organizations, against the backdrop of women's rights struggles in the face of growing militancy. Gossen offers history as an inside story." Rehana Hashmi, activist-in-residence, Carleton University

"Gossen's book is so powerful and novel because it draws on her on-the-ground experiences as a Canadian aid official to substantiate the claim that aid programs focusing on women's empowerment can help push back against violent extremism." Michael Kugelman, director of the Wilson Center's South Asia Institute

"Rhonda Gossen's account of CIDA's groundbreaking work on gender equality in Pakistan reveals the unhappy fact that development is not always linear. Here, she tackles the fraught nexus between culture and gender, showing how the Hobson's choice between security and development has long favoured the former." Ambassador Robin Raphel, former US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia

"Gossen's excellent contribution to the development literature ... spotlights a growing body of research showing how gender inequality links to violent extremism and undermines stable societies." Janet Dunnett, Open Canada

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