Key Players
Kenyan political activist who wrote the memoir Unbowed and started the revolutionary Green Belt Movement
Wangarĩ Maathai
American economist who emphasized free-market capitalism and limited government intervention in the economy
Milton Friedman
WAD argues that women...
are not excluded from development but integrated in an exploitative way
WID argues that women...
should be integrated into development and capitalist processes of economic growth
The Green Belt movement provided women with what in order to help restore the environment
Tree seeds
Danish economist and feminist who emphasized women's role in development
Ester Boserup
Neo-liberalism is the dominant ideology of these two large, international, development institutions
IMF and World Bank
WAD challenges this dominate Western economic ideology that WID relies heavily upon
neo-liberalism
A small loan given to women to fund tools and seeds to develop gardens (ex. Gambia Market Gardening)
Micro Credits
More than just a planting project, the Green Belt Movement helped women gain...
economic empowerment, political empowerment
Professor, researcher, and feminist who explores the relationship between sustainable tourism and women's rights and empowerment in Uganda
Dr. Brenda Boonabaana
Examples of export oriented markets in Kenya or Ivory Coast
Cocoa/Coffee from the Ivory Coast and Flowers from Kenya
Anti-capitalist, feminist organization which critiques WID and acts as a voice for women in the Global South
DAWN: Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era
Modernization and Neoliberalism
Helped fund the begining of the Green Belt Movement
Norwegian Forestry Society and NORAD