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A Gender Transformative Approach: Why what and how?
The document discusses the 'gender transformative approach' in the context of development interventions, highlighting its necessity to address systemic gender inequalities and backlash. It emphasizes the importance of transforming underlying power dynamics and societal norms to achieve lasting positive outcomes. Key strategies include fostering critical consciousness and engaging both women and men in collaborative efforts towards equality.
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- 1. A Gender TransformativeApproach: Why, What and How? Cynthia McDougall and Workshop Team GTA Practice Workshop, Seeds of Change Conference Canberra, April 2, 2019
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- 3. Questioning impacts of 'businessas usual' gender in development interventions… 2012 2015 2018
- 4. …Limitations, not necessarily systemicor sustained, backlash?
- 5. Conceptualizing a complementaryway forward: ‘Gender transformative approach’ 2012 2015 2018
- 6. Building evidence base:how gender norms shape innovation in Ag/NRM 2012 2015 20182018
- 7. Piloting (research on)gender transformative strategies in 2012 2015 20182018 Smallscale aquaculture technologies (Bangladesh) Reducing postharvest losses (Zambia) Micro-credit (Zambia)
- 8. 2012 2015 20182018 Growingdemand for transformative approach
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- 11. For what? More fundamental,systemic and enduring positive outcomes Pro-active mitigation of potential backlash
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- 13. Transformation of what? Theunderlying causes of gender inequality
- 14. Transformation of what? ….of“power dynamics and structures that act to reinforce gendered inequalities” (Hillenbrand et al. 2015, 10).
- 15. Transformation of what? Norms that perpetuate and reproduce inequalities
- 16. How society values womenand men How society says women and men should behave
- 17. How society values womenand men How society says women and men should behave The armpit can never be higher than the shoulder… (Adage, Zambia Assessment, WorldBank 2004) The armpit can never be higher than the shoulder… (Adage, Zambia Assessment, WorldBank 2004) “
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- 19. Yet historically genderbarriers addressed by…
- 20. Participation What capacities womenhave What assets women have
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- 24. It’s not aboutthe tools
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- 26. Spark ‘criticalconsciousness’ through social learning processes
- 27. Fish are thelast ones to know about the water Fish are the last ones to know about the water“
- 28. Spark ‘criticalconsciousness’ through social learning processes Catalysing self-awareness of the norms and dynamics in which we are immersed…
- 29. Spark ‘criticalconsciousness’ through social learning processes Catalysing self-awareness of the norms and dynamics in which we are immersed… and their effects
- 30. Engaging womenand men together as actors in locally-driven shifts towards equality
- 31. Jointly engaged, bothagents of change
- 32. How society values womenand men How society says women and men should behave What women do What women have
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- 34. gender.cgiar.org We would liketo acknowledge all CGIAR Research Programs and Centers for supporting the participation of their gender scientists to the Seeds of Change conference. Photo: Neil Palmer/IWMI
Editor's Notes
- #2 In the next 10 mins…. [[decide re disclaimer now or after quotes]]
- #4 B-a-Usual (accommodative) approaches – working around norms, such as those that limit women’s mobility, backyard ponds, access to credit via womens’ groups…
- #5 Limitations: EG from seaweed: yes get fish but still not control own time, decisions as equals; Ie: systemic: women in the project report increased empowerment but it is largely bound to those women; Sustained: project ends and ‘apparent empowerment’ by end of project reduces/reverts once the project engagement or incentives end; not always positive: eg savings groups or women targeted interventions: backlash: violence
- #6 To complement gender accommodative approaches & build on decades of progress in other areas
- #7 Started in 2013, piloting in 2014: building ev to inform CG and donors re the need for GTA
- #8 Ie: systemic: women in the project report increased empowerment but it is largely bound to those women; Sustained: project ends and ‘apparent empowerment’ by end of project reduces/reverts once the project engagement or incentives end; not always positive: eg savings groups or women targeted interventions: backlash: violence
- #9 Ie: systemic: women in the project report increased empowerment but it is largely bound to those women; Sustained: project ends and ‘apparent empowerment’ by end of project reduces/reverts once the project engagement or incentives end; not always positive: eg savings groups or women targeted interventions: backlash: violence
- #12 E.g., so increase income and abil to control own time, be an equal decision maker,
- #16 Not of technols, not of prod systems or markets…. And not individual. [[iceberg: have (assets) , do (attend) vs think: assumptions, beliefs, ways of understanding the world)]]
- #25 [[are various ‘tools’ connected to processes and areas of Ag/Dev/SSF/Aq: SLIDE GTA + [[]] Focus here on 2 principles – mechanisms that all are tapping into: imp bc can apply a tool – but if miss…then.. Crit consciousness: awareness: fish/water. Diff from Gender-Resp techs; diff from empowerment of women focusing on agency. Can use a variety of tools – or very thoughtful facil – AC and SC cases show range of strategies/tools: video, crit consc exercises/experiential games + videos and community theatre. I did it via participatory monitoring focusing on equity in comm forestry
- #26 [[are various ‘tools’ connected to processes and areas of Ag/Dev/SSF/Aq: SLIDE GTA + [[]] Focus here on 2 principles – mechanisms that all are tapping into: imp bc can apply a tool – but if miss…then.. Crit consciousness: awareness: fish/water. Diff from Gender-Resp techs; diff from empowerment of women focusing on agency. Can use a variety of tools – or very thoughtful facil – AC and SC cases show range of strategies/tools: video, crit consc exercises/experiential games + videos and community theatre. I did it via participatory monitoring focusing on equity in comm forestry
- #27 [[are various ‘tools’ connected to processes and areas of Ag/Dev/SSF/Aq: SLIDE GTA + [[]] Focus here on 2 principles – mechanisms that all are tapping into: imp bc can apply a tool – but if miss…then.. Crit consciousness: awareness: fish/water. Diff from Gender-Resp techs; diff from empowerment of women focusing on agency. Can use a variety of tools – or very thoughtful facil – AC and SC cases show range of strategies/tools: video, crit consc exercises/experiential games + videos and community theatre. I did it via participatory monitoring focusing on equity in comm forestry
- #28 [[are various ‘tools’ connected to processes and areas of Ag/Dev/SSF/Aq: SLIDE GTA + [[]] Focus here on 2 principles – mechanisms that all are tapping into: imp bc can apply a tool – but if miss…then.. Crit consciousness: awareness: fish/water. Diff from Gender-Resp techs; diff from empowerment of women focusing on agency. Can use a variety of tools – or very thoughtful facil – AC and SC cases show range of strategies/tools: video, crit consc exercises/experiential games + videos and community theatre. I did it via participatory monitoring focusing on equity in comm forestry
- #29 [[are various ‘tools’ connected to processes and areas of Ag/Dev/SSF/Aq: SLIDE GTA + [[]] Focus here on 2 principles – mechanisms that all are tapping into: imp bc can apply a tool – but if miss…then.. Crit consciousness: awareness: fish/water. Diff from Gender-Resp techs; diff from empowerment of women focusing on agency. Can use a variety of tools – or very thoughtful facil – AC and SC cases show range of strategies/tools: video, crit consc exercises/experiential games + videos and community theatre. I did it via participatory monitoring focusing on equity in comm forestry
- #30 [[are various ‘tools’ connected to processes and areas of Ag/Dev/SSF/Aq: SLIDE GTA + [[]] Focus here on 2 principles – mechanisms that all are tapping into: imp bc can apply a tool – but if miss…then.. Crit consciousness: awareness: fish/water. Diff from Gender-Resp techs; diff from empowerment of women focusing on agency. Can use a variety of tools – or very thoughtful facil – AC and SC cases show range of strategies/tools: video, crit consc exercises/experiential games + videos and community theatre. I did it via participatory monitoring focusing on equity in comm forestry
- #31 [[are various ‘tools’ connected to processes and areas of Ag/Dev/SSF/Aq: SLIDE GTA + [[]] Focus here on 2 principles – mechanisms that all are tapping into: imp bc can apply a tool – but if miss…then.. Crit consciousness: awareness: fish/water. Diff from Gender-Resp techs; diff from empowerment of women focusing on agency. Can use a variety of tools – or very thoughtful facil – AC and SC cases show range of strategies/tools: video, crit consc exercises/experiential games + videos and community theatre. I did it via participatory monitoring focusing on equity in comm forestry
- #32 [[are various ‘tools’ connected to processes and areas of Ag/Dev/SSF/Aq: SLIDE GTA + [[]] Focus here on 2 principles – mechanisms that all are tapping into: imp bc can apply a tool – but if miss…then.. Crit consciousness: awareness: fish/water. Diff from Gender-Resp techs; diff from empowerment of women focusing on agency. Can use a variety of tools – or very thoughtful facil – AC and SC cases show range of strategies/tools: video, crit consc exercises/experiential games + videos and community theatre. I did it via participatory monitoring focusing on equity in comm forestry