Gender and Politics in Practice
Helen Derbyshire, Sam Gibson, David Hudson, Chris Roche, John Cox, Orlanda Siow, Alice Evans, Mark Koenig, Erman Rahman, Bryony Lau, Bambang Ertanto Cahyo Dewa, Debra Ladner, Ceridwen Spark, Jack Corbett
How can a gendered understanding of power and politics make development work more effective? Many development programs tend to look at gender issues and politics separately. Through a series of case studies, this research asks what we can learn from more integrated approaches.
A briefing note highlights five key lessons that emerge from the research. The GAPP publications series also includes:
- a briefing note
- a summary of development programs that seek to be gender aware and engage with power and politics
- three in-depth studies that examine how gender and politics came together in social change processes:
- 14 short case studies of development programs that aim to be both politically informed and gender aware, and a synthesis of their key insights. These are:
- Care Australia: Tackling Poverty and Gender Inequality
- MAMPU: Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
- Pacific Leadership Program: Advocacy for CEDAW in Tonga
- Peace Leadership Programme: Women's Leadership in Myanmar
- Gender and Climate Change Research in Bangladesh
- UN Women: Empowerment in the Asia Pacific
- Voices for Change: Women's Empowerment in Nigeria
- We Can: Campaign on Violence Against Women
- Women in Leadership Support Program: Political Representation in the Pacific
- Empowerment, Voice and Accountability for Better Health and Nutrition in Pakistan
- Mobilising for Development: Accountability for Better Services in Nigeria,
- Sudokkho: Skills and Employment in Bangladesh
- The Enabling State Programme, Nepal
- The State Accountability and Voice Initiative in Nigeria.
See the team's guest post introducing GAPP findings on From Poverty to Power: How can a gendered understanding of power and politics make development work more effective? (13 February 2018)
GAPP is supported by the Australian Government through the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Gender Equality Fund and DFAT’s partnership with The Asia Foundation.
Authors
David Hudson
Professor of Politics and Development, University of Birmingham, and Director, Developmental Leadership Program
Chris Roche
Professor of Development Practice and Director of the Institute of Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University, and Deputy Director (Impact), Developmental Leadership Program
John Cox
Dr John Cox is an Honorary Associate in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at La Trobe University.
Documents
Politically Informed, Gender Aware Programming: Five Lessons From Practice
Download documentFrom Silos to Synergy: Learning from Politically Informed, Gender Aware Programs
Download documentThe Bigger Picture: Gender and Politics in Practice
Download documentBeing the First: Women Leaders in the Pacific Islands
Download documentThe Politics of Better Work for Women: Vietnam's Garment Industry
Download documentThinking and Working Politically for Social Inclusion: The Waria of Banjarmasin, Indonesia
Download documentCase Study - Care Australia: Tackling Poverty and Gender Inequality
Download documentCase Study - MAMPU: Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment
Download documentCase Study - Pacific Leadership Program: Advocacy for CEDAW in Tonga
Download documentCase Study - Peace Leadership Programme: Women’s leadership in Myanmar
Download documentCase Study - Gender and climate change research in Bangladesh
Download documentCase Study - UN Women: Empowerment in the Asia Pacific
Download documentCase Study - Voices for Change: Women’s empowerment in Nigeria
Download documentCase Study - We Can: Campaign on violence against women
Download documentCase Study - Women in Leadership Support Program: Political representation in the Pacific
Download documentCase Study - Empowerment, Voice and Accountability for Better Health and Nutrition in Pakistan
Download documentCase Study - Mobilising for Development: Accountability for better services in Nigeria
Download documentCase Study - Sudokkho: Skills and employment in Bangladesh
Download documentCase Study - The Enabling State Programme, Nepal
Download documentCase Study - The State Accountability and Voice Initiative in Nigeria
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