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robyn kennedy
| | Posted on Tuesday, October 22, 2002 - 11:55 pm: | |
I am interested in Gender & Development, particularly in best practise examples which can be utilised in other development contexts. |
Barney Mayhew
| | Posted on Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 02:30 pm: | |
Oxfam has a newsletter on Gender and Development called 'Links'.
To subscribe send an e-mail to Adrienne Hopkins at ahopkins@oxfam.org.uk - or you can read current and past editions online at http://www.oxfam.org.uk/policy/gender/links.htm
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ahlam
Guest
| | Posted on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 - 02:01 pm: | |
what are some of the tools that can be used for Gender mainstreaming. how would you define gender mainstreaming? |
Ahlam Abd Elmajeed
Member
Username: Ahlam
Post Number: 2
Registered: 07-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 - 09:55 am: | |
colleagues interested in gender issues, please visit this web site for gender mainstreaming experiences
(www.siyanda.org)
thanks and regards, |
Sam Adejo Okedi
Guest
| | Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 02:28 pm: | |
What ever the tool or method, key is the need for organizational structural/systemic changes, you can't gender mainstream successfully in an organization within the same 'old' existing structure/system. |
Martin Ede
Guest
| | Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 03:02 pm: | |
In the wat/san sector gender mainstreaming can really effectively achieved by applying the Methodology for Participatory Assessment, developed by WSP - World Bank-UNDP.
It is an effective tool for demand, gender and poverty assessment of the needs and project achievements - the idea is for the village (female or male, literate or non-literate, poor or rich, old or young) to be able to freely express their views. It is a very powerful methodology. |
Maurice Herson
Guest
| | Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 05:04 pm: | |
Oxfam has quite a few tools we use. Try this one for size (also available in French, Spansih and Portuguesse - sorry, Ahlam, not in Arabic).
Maurice Herson
Humanitarian Department, Oxfam GB |
Fiona Ninnes
Guest
| | Posted on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 05:18 am: | |
Ahlam, The Commonwealth Secretariat have published quite a few new things lately on Gender Mainstreaming. If you go to www.lastfirst.net and type in Gender mainstreaming in the search then you will come up with at least 23 items. You may get the details there for something that you need. |
Sarah House
Guest
| | Posted on Friday, August 01, 2003 - 09:58 pm: | |
Hello Ahlam. In response to your question on tools for gender mainstreaming, I have the following thoughts from experiences in working in gender in technical projects and in particular in organisations and programmes working in water, hygiene and sanitation.
For gender mainstreaming I don't think there is a single tool which can be used to make it happen (much is the pity). But there are a range of published materials, activities and tools which can be useful each providing information as individual steps towards the overall goal. From my experience change is slow and it takes a lot of continued effort over sustained periods of time by a lot of people.
Work also needs to be done at institutional level, programme level and community level to ensure that gender (and other equity issues) are really mainstreamed. But often it seems to be the institutional and senior management levels where there are some of the biggest barriers to gender change and eventual mainstreaming.
A few resource materials which I have found useful in my work related to the different levels where change is needed (a number are focussed on the water and sanitation field):
'The Oxfam Gender Training Manual' by Williams, Seed and Mwau published by OXFAM first in 1994 but it has been reprinted since - which has a wide range of useful exercises and activities related to promoting an understanding of the concepts and issues.
OXFAM also have a series called 'Focus on Gender' which are edited by Caroline Sweetman which I have found very useful as they have case studies in them and through the case studies explain some complex issues very well. The titles cover areas such as gender in emergencies, gender in development organisations, men and masculinity, violence against women, women and culture and many other.
'Gender and Organizational Change; Bridging the gap between policy and practice' by MacDonald, Sprenger and Dubel from the Royal Tropical Institute, The Netherlands, which highlights examples of organisational change and highlights potential hurdles.
At policy level the Gender and Water Alliance has published a few documents recently through WEDC at Loughborough University relating to Gender approach to water management, an advocacy manual and a publication on gender perspectives on policy in the water sector. I haven't seen them all but the policies one was quite interesting and had some useful info in it. They are also available on-line probably through the WEDC website (http://www.lboro.ac.uk/wedc/publications) or the GWA website http://www.genderandwateralliance.org).
The IRC in the Netherlands also published a couple of very accessible and useful publications in their Occasional Paper Series (No 24 and 25) in 1994 called 'Together for Water and Sanitation, Tools to Apply a Gender Approach, The Asian Experience' and 'Working with Women and Men on Water and Sanitation, An African Field Guide'. Although they are focussed on water and sanitation a lot of the principles and ideas will be transferable to other areas. These are useful for the programme and community levels.
The book 'Power, Process and Particpation - Tools for Change' Edited by Slocum, Wichhart, Rocheleau and Thomas-Slayter and Published by Intermediate Technology Publications in 1995 also has a lot of useful activities particularly for use at project level and in the early or assessment stages of projects.
In terms of finding useful practical ideas that can be used on a daily basis in programmes and projects there seems to be less available. The partnership team I worked in in Kiteto, Arusha (now Manyara) Region, Tanzania from 1999-2002 worked quite hard on trying to develop day to day methodologies to respond to the gender issue and came up with quite a few useful ideas. The Kiteto programme looked particularly at gender issues, but also other equity issues such as between people with different livelihoods such as pastoralists, agriculturalists and hunter-gatherers. Their experiences have been documented in a report called 'Gender and Equity in the KINNAPA / KDC / WaterAid partnership'. It includes case studies written by the field staff on their experiences of trying to consider gender and equity in their work and their successes and difficulties, a tabulated listing of practical methodologies tried and comments on each, and a gender and equity committment statement by the programme. I'm sure if you think this could be useful that the programme would be happy to email you or send you a copy of this report. Contact: Daudi Makamba, Project Engineer on the email: kinnapa-dp@habari.co.tz
I don't know what area of development you are working in, but I am also aware that shortly there is also to be some useful materials being published by WEDC to help engineers and other technical staff better understand and consider gender in their work, particularly those working in the water, hygiene and sanitation sector. Contact for this is Brian Reed at WEDC on wedc@lboro.ac.uk
Best wishes for your work in gender mainstreaming.
Sarah House |
Meredith Preston
Guest
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 10:08 am: | |
Hi there,
First, as many people have mentioned, but I will reiterate, the various materials put together by Oxfam on gender are truly excellent, and address a wide variety of contexts and issues, group dynamics and so forth. I have been working as a gender advisor for the UN, and have found Oxfam's materials to be more useful than much of the UN material on gender!
There are some excellent other materials available via the Institute for Development Studies gender portal at www.ids.ac.uk/bridge. The search engine here is particularly useful.
With regards to defining gender mainstreaming, it is important that you tailor your explanation to your particular audience, use lots of concrete examples to anchor the concept of addressing gender issues in all aspects of their work. Generally I find that bring the concepts and the practicalities together is one of the keys for embedding the concept in peoples minds when conducting trainings etc on gender.
I hope this is helpful. Good luck with your work.
Meredith Preston |
Julie Montgomery
Guest
| | Posted on Monday, August 04, 2003 - 08:53 pm: | |
A colleague forwarded me the latest bulletin for Aids Workers Exchange. I thought members of the list might be interested in the following InterAction resource and workshop on gender mainstreaming.
The Gender Audit Questionnaire Handbook
(http://www.interaction.org/caw/publications.html#Gender)
The Gender Audit Facilitators Training Course Offered in Ghana and California (http://www.interaction.org/caw/audit_CA.html)
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Thanks so much.
Regards,
Julie
Julie Montgomery | Senior Communications Associate
Commission on the Advancement of Women | InterAction
1717 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 701 | Washington, DC 20036
T 202.667.8227 x152 | F 202.667.8236 | www.interaction.org |
Elisa Martinez
Guest
| | Posted on Thursday, August 07, 2003 - 08:23 pm: | |
Folks,
Over the past several years, CARE has been working to mainstream gender (and, more recently, rights and diversity) in both our programs and our institution. We've learned lots of lessons (many, the hard way) about what this entails. Two of the biggest are:
- we can't change our external behaviors without it shaping our internal practice, identity, culture... and we can't tinker with internal dynamics while expecting the programmatic behaviors and identity to remain the same. We talk about Gender/Diversity (and other social change work) as a process of "breathing in, and breathing out" - you'll faint if you try to do just one!
- there are, literally, thousands of gender tools out there, many of which have been mentioned by others on this exchange. Yet not all are practical for field use, and even the good ones are often applied mechanically and frankly inappropriately. Still, in CARE, we continuously hear a call for "the tool to end all tools." The challenge we face is not to compile/list tools, but to help encourage people to absorb and reflect on the basic principles they imply, and enact them creatively as appropriate to their context.
In the spirit of these two key lessons, you may find it interesting to review our recently-published Gender Equity Building Blocks. These are a collection of six modules centered around a program cycle, that spotlight the choices and lessons of our country office staff, and some of the tools/frameworks that have proven most practical over time. They are posted in four languages at CARE UK's website:
http://www.careinternational.org.uk/resource_centre/toolsandmanuals.htm
Please have a look, and do share your reactions, as we are always looking for new ideas to help inspire our staff, partners, and participants to pursue smart development and social justice.
Best regards,
Elisa
Elisa Martinez
Senior Program Advisor, Gender Equity & Diversity
CARE USA |
Liz Mackinlay
Guest
| | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2003 - 10:26 am: | |
World Vision Cambodia has embarked upon gender mainstreaming and has adopted the best practice model of organisational, program and community focus. We've found that using the Harvard Framework for Gender Analysis combined with some thoughts from Caroline Moser's work and the Netherlands Institute has produced a gender analysis tool that we can use within World Vision programs and projects and that has allowed us to be culturally appropriate for Cambodia.
If you would like more information on the action research methodology we used to finalise our mainstreaming tools or the opportunities and challenges we came across (and could advise you about avoiding or looking out for), you can contact me on the email address below until the end of September 2003. |
AndrewCates
Guest
| | Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2004 - 04:31 pm: | |
The Oxfam link at the top of this thread is broken. Does the newsletter still exist and if so what is it called? Andrew Cates Children Charity |
Linda Poteat
Moderator
Username: Linda
Post Number: 19
Registered: 04-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, September 23, 2004 - 05:50 pm: | |
Hi, Andrew! You can find copies of all the Gender Links newsletter at the following link:
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/issues/gender/links/index.htm
Thanks - Linda |
Magi
Guest
| | Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2005 - 12:27 pm: | |
I am about to undertake field work to assess integration of women in energy policy formulation in Malawi and am relatively new to the gender scene, with a mechanical engineering background. Can someone please, help me by critically analysing my questionnaire and approaches? Research is scheduled for 7th to 14th February 2005 so this is really urgent |
mmadibela
Guest
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 08:12 am: | |
I am writting a paper on effective aid for gender and development? Any fillers on the best sources for this topic?
Regards,
Magdeline. |
Phil Bartle
Member
Username: Pbartle
Post Number: 5
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 08:40 am: | |
Magdelene, We have a training module on gender for the community mobilizer. See: http://www.scn.org/cmp/modules/gen-int.htm If it is for an academic paper, try Google Scholar. Phil Community Empowerment
Phil Bartle
http://www.scn.org/cmp/ |
Dr Bryan Walker
Member
Username: Bryan
Post Number: 47
Registered: 06-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 11:35 am: | |
Magdaline, Oxfam has an excellent manual on Gender. It is packed with ideas on the topic as well as how to organise wokshops on the subject. You may be able to borrow a copy from your local Oxfam office as it is expensive to buy. Bryan Walker
Bryan Walker |
Elaine Enarson
Member
Username: Elaine_enarson
Post Number: 2
Registered: 04-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 05:00 pm: | |
Check out the resources on the Gender and Disaster Network--new website: www.gdnonline.org. The gender-development-disaster risk reduction connection is crucial. Elaine Enarson, Brandon University, Manitoba CA |
Emmanuel Asomba
Member
Username: Emmanuel
Post Number: 8
Registered: 01-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 25, 2006 - 07:00 pm: | |
Hi, You might also find some interesting sources on the gender and development topic page of the Development Gateway: http://topics.developmentgateway.org/gender Cheers -- -- Emmanuel
Emmanuel Asomba
*Board of Directors, PD Forum.
*Associate, ESRC UK Centre for Evidence Based Policy and Practice. |
paidipalli.chaithanya
Member
Username: Savans
Post Number: 26
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 09, 2006 - 11:55 am: | |
dear friends
we are an ngos nework working in india.we works on the gender descrimination and regard isues.any funding agencies or any donors are there to support to our network.?
pl send the details and support or suggest to us
thanking yu
p.chaithanya
andhrapradesh state alliance for equitable development
email apallianceforequitable@rediffmail.com |
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