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AbstractMy current interest in silence, gender, and power owes much to discussions with Marysia Zalewski over the years. Much of my work has focused on masculinity, gender relations, and gender hierarchies with a focus on security and development in conflict zones. More recently, I have begun to explore silence not as a sign of disempowerment, but as a powerful force that can be used in many ways. This approach enables a more multi-levelled understanding of silence and voice and their many interactions. It has much to tell the Global North, where we prize voice and often underestimate the power of silence.

AbstractGender mainstreaming, with its promise of gender transformation, equality and empowerment, has become a central pillar of development discourse, policy and practice. Yet, the implementation of these promises has largely been disappointing. Proposed 'solutions' have brought little new to the table. This article suggests that we need to rethink the link between policy and implementation, recognising that both are political processes and that while policies set agendas, both policies and their implementation are deeply influenced by societal factors. Drawing on critical development analysis and feminist writings, the article explores the transformative potential of gender mainstreaming in international development organisations in an increasingly complex, unequal and gendered world. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Richey and Ponte (2011) explore the dark side of corporate social responsibility as practiced by the RED campaign. The campaign was launched in the 1990s to celebrate the possibility of doing good and helping impoverished, diseased Others in the South, while consuming products produced by its members including Starbucks, American Express, Emporio Armani, Converse, Gap, Apple, and Motorola. Buttressed by the power of celebrities such as Bono, Oprah, and Angelina Jolie, as well as development experts/celebrities such as Paul Farmer and Jeffrey Sachs, the RED campaign has provided Northern consumers with a rationale for feeling good while purchasing expensive lattes, sneakers, clothing, and computers. As the (RED) Manifesto claims, if you buy RED products, you will also support the efforts of "good, socially conscious companies" to save helpless, diseased Africans from dying of AIDS. The RED campaign thus not only provides a rationale for conscientious shopping, it also dramatizes the gap between the "rich" North and the impoverished, diseased bodies of the global South, and reinforces the neoliberal claim that unfettered but responsible capitalism is the key to solving the problems of the poverty-stricken global South. Adapted from the source document.