Feminists need to mobilise local support
International development cooperation is a field of strong norm production. For many years international negotiations have sought to establish a legitimate framework for development activities – in recent years primarily expressed in the Millennium Development Goals 2000-2015 and the Sustainable Development Goals 2015-2030. With respect to gender inequalities, significant conferences and conceptual developments took place between 1975 and 1995.
Despite the significant work to develop global norms on gender equality, much frustration is caused by persistent gender inequalities and the inability of aid agencies to address these inequalities in a significant manner. In a recent analysis for the Elcano Royal Institute, Lars Engberg-Pedersen seeks to clarify the relative importance of global norms and to suggest a way forward by focusing more on local actors.
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