Sexuality and Development Programme (2007-11)
Supporting the realisation of sexual rights and access to basic services for those facing poverty and injustice
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Supporting the realisation of sexual rights and access to basic services for those facing poverty and injustice
1 January 2007
Published by: IDS
The development industry has emphasised the dangers of sex and sexuality in relation to population control, disease and violence. This negative approach to sex has been filtered through a view of gender which stereotypes men as predators, women as victims, and fails to recognise the existence of transgender people.
Pathways is a research and communication programme which seeks to discover where women are achieving real gains despite or because of policy and practice. It looks at how this has happened, and aims to make these pathways visible so that we can build on these revealed successes.