Innovations in Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Understanding the Role of International Development Volunteers as Transnational Actors

• Other Authors: Tiessen, Rebecca (Editor), Lough, Benjamin J. (Editor), Laursen, Tiffany S. (Editor), Khursheed, Sadat (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Baden-Baden Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG 2021
• Subjects: GTF, JFFS, JMG, JPW, JFSJ, JHBC, JPWH, JKSN1; Civic Engagement, Entwicklungszusammenarbeit, Freiwilligendienste, Gender Studies, Geschlechterforschung, Global South, Globalisierung, INGOs, NGOs, Nord-Süd-Beziehungen, Volunteer Services, Zivilgesellschatliches Engagement
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Many studies have highlighted benefits of international volunteering, particularly the positive impacts for the volunteers themselves. Adding to this scholarship, the papers in the collection fill an important gap in our understanding of the impact of international development volunteering from the...