Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for gender and development

Keith Bosak; Kathleen Schroeder

doi:10.1080/09614520500042193

Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for gender and development

Keith Bosak
, Kathleen Schroeder

W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation

Appalachian State University

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	231-237
Number of pages	7
Journal	Development in Practice
Volume	15
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520500042193
State	Published - Apr 2005

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We argue in this paper that GIS has some inherent biases with regard to data collection and representation, and that if these biases are not addressed at a theoretical or epistemological level, the use of GIS for addressing gender issues in development will be severely limited. As a primary example we use our own research project funded by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) through the Participatory Research on Gender Analysis (PRGA) initiative. The goal of this project was to use a combination of GIS and qualitative methods (interviews and archival analysis) in order to determine ‘hot spots’ of female poverty in Nepal, Bolivia, and Malawi.

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