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Gender Training: A Transformative Tool for Gender Equality: Gender and Politics

Autor Lucy Ferguson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 15 iun 2018
This book develops a case for feminist gender training as a catalyst for disjuncture, rupture and change. Chapter 1 traces the historical development and current contours of the field of gender training. In Chapter 2, the key critiques of gender training are substantively engaged with from the perspective of reflexive practice, highlighting the need to work strategically within existing constraints. Questions of transformative change are addressed in Chapter 3, which reviews feminist approaches to change and how these can be applied to enhance the impact of gender training. Chapter 4 considers the theory and practice of feminist pedagogies in gender training. In the final chapter, new avenues for gender training are explored: working with privilege; engaging with applied theatre; and mindfulness/meditation. The study takes gender training beyond its often technocratic form towards a creative, liberating process with the potential to evoke tangible, lasting transformation for genderequality.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319918266
ISBN-10: 3319918265
Pagini: 107
Ilustrații: XI, 117 p. 4 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2019
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Seria Gender and Politics

Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

Chapter 1 Introduction - At the Intersection of Theory and Practice: Locating Gender Training.- Chapter 2 - Critiques and Challenges in Contemporary Gender Training.- Chapter 3 - Gender Training and Transformative Change.- Chapter 4 - Gender Training and Feminist Pedagogies.- Chapter 5 Conclusions - Future Directions for Feminist Gender Training. 
 

Notă biografică

Lucy Ferguson is Research Associate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Switzerland, as well as a consultant and trainer in gender equality. She has published widely on the subject of gender training and gender expertise, and developed the UN Women Training Centre Working Paper Series on Training for Gender Equality. Recent collaborations on gender training include the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization; the Commonwealth Secretariat; and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 

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This book explores develops a case for feminist gender training as a catalyst for disjuncture, rupture and change. Chapter 1 traces the historical development and current contours of the field of gender training. In Chapter 2, the key critiques of gender training are substantively engaged with from the perspective of reflexive practice, highlighting the need to work strategically within existing constraints. Questions of transformative change are addressed in Chapter 3, which reviews feminist approaches to change and how these can be applied to enhance the impact of gender training. Chapter 4 considers the theory and practice of feminist pedagogies in gender training. In the final chapter, new avenues for gender training are explored: working with privilege; engaging with applied theatre; and mindfulness/meditation. The study takes gender training beyond its often technocratic form towards a creative, liberating process with the potential to evoke tangible, lasting transformation for gender equality.

Caracteristici

Provides the first academic publication specifically dedicated to the current state of gender training Comes at ?a critical juncture of growing interest in transformative change processes Suggests pragmatic solutions to the prevailing challenges and tensions of the field