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The Beyond Gender Mainstreaming Learning Project
Gender & Development is running a major Learning Project on Beyond Gender Mainstreaming, in partnership with the UK Gender and Development Network (GADN).The project runs from November 2011 to November 2012, and involves a conceptual discussion about experience and successes of different approaches to integrating gender and women’s rights into development and humanitarian work. We aim to distil best practice and innovation, and answer some hard questions!
The term 'gender mainstreaming' (GM) spread like wildfire in the wake of the 1995 UN Conference on Women at Beijing, and has been embraced by development institutions, goverments and NGOs of all political hues. What has happened to GM since? This Learning Project will chart the different ways in which GM has been attempted, identify the barriers and challenges, and celebrate the successes. GM has a poor image among many in the international women’s movement. Is this deserved? Many argue that the ideals of gender equality and women’s rights have been distorted in the process of integration of gender issues into the pre-existing mandates, ideologies and procedures of development organisations. Is transformatory gender mainstreaming possible? Does it exist already, and if so, what are the factors which have led to success?
Project Components
Beyond Gender Mainstreaming Online Discussion November 2011
The learning project began with a 48-hour online discussion on 16-17 November 2011 on Eldis Communities involving 50 invited participants. The discussion was then opened up to anyone to read and contribute.Do you have your own experiences, perspectives and examples of gender mainstreaming you could feed in? Please join the group and contribute to the ongoing discussions.
Content shared on Eldis Communities will feed into and inform later stages of our Learning Project.
Beyond Gender Mainstreaming Learning Event 13th-14th February
This two-day workshop will bring together gender and development researchers, academics, and activists to map, learn and network about the gender mainstreaming ‘project’ and its impact on women and gender relations.Outputs from the workshop will be shared on this website from 21st February.
Gender & Development Special Issue: Beyond Gender Mainstreaming
The learning project will culminate in a special issue of the journal to be published in November 2012.To enquire about the learning project contact Liz Cooke, Assistant Editor lcooke@oxfam.org.uk