Gender Data 4 Girls?: A Postcolonial Feminist Participatory Study in Bangladesh

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2108.10089v1
• Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:41:27 GMT
• Title: Gender Data 4 Girls?: A Postcolonial Feminist Participatory Study in Bangladesh
• Authors: Isobel Talks
• Abstract summary: Postcolonial feminism remains underutilised for critically investigating data for development projects. This paper presents the findings from a participatory action research project with young women involved in a gender data for development project in Bangladesh.
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• Abstract: Premised on the logic that more, high-quality information on majority world women's lives will improve the effectiveness of interventions addressing gender inequality, mainstream development institutions have invested heavily in gender data initiatives of late. However, critical empirical and theoretical investigations into gender data for development policy and practice are lacking. Postcolonial feminist theory has long provided a critical lens through which to analyse international development projects that target women in the majority world. However, postcolonial feminism remains underutilised for critically investigating data for development projects. This paper addresses these gaps through presenting the findings from a participatory action research project with young women involved in a gender data for development project in Bangladesh. Echoing postcolonial feminist concerns with development, the 'DataGirls' had some concerns that data was being extracted from their communities, representing the priorities of external NGOs to a greater extent than their own. However, through collaborating to develop and deliver community events on child marriage with the 'DataGirls', this research demonstrates that participatory approaches can address some postcolonial feminist criticisms of (data for) development, by ensuring that gender data is enacted by and for majority world women rather than Western development institutions.

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