Psychology, development and womendo they have anything in common?

Abstract

Psychology will have a contribution to the conceptualization of development only when it incorporates in its models the perspectives of females and of people from underdeveloped countries. On the other hand, development and liberation of women are both complex problems that require a multi-disciplinary approach. Psychology as a discipline has shown no active concern with the problems of developing countries. The institutional settings in which psychology is practised do not encourage new approaches. Even psychologists from developing countries have generally accepted the dominant paradigms from the developed nations. However scientific relations marked by dependence, where the problems of study are defined by the scientific producing centres are now being questioned.