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Community Development Journal Advance Access originally published online on June 7, 2006
Community Development Journal 2007 42(3):299-316; doi:10.1093/cdj/bsl018
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Community development projects and the status of ethnic minority women in the Moksuk-Tafa area, Bokeo province, Laos

Sengamphone Chithtalath

Address for correspondence: P.O. Box 6868, Vientiane, Lao P.D.R; email: sengamphone{at}hotmail.com, chithtalath{at}yahoo.com

Since the late 1990s, gender issues have been a critical part of community development in Laos. However, there has often confusion, based on misinformation, in the application of gender and women's perspectives. This article analyzes three projects in the Bokeo province of Laos aimed at improving the living standards in rural communities by raising the status of women. The study found that the traditional village patriarchal system remained intact and that the projects failed to improve both the status of women and the community's livelihood. It found that successful community development projects must undertake a careful analysis of local conditions and consider whether a gender or women's perspective should be applied.


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