Is There Life after Gender Mainstreaming?

Rao, Aruna; Kelleher, David

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“…There is an obvious assumption here that change at one level will automatically lead to change at others. Rao and Kelleher (2005) prove that it is not always the case. For example, when women gain economic independence, their financial status cannot be enough to protect them from domestic violence.…”

Section: 62the Lack Of Political Will For Institutional Changementioning

confidence: 89%

“…Mukhopadhyay (2004) points out the requirement for both approaches to explicitly acknowledge equality goals entailing the redistribution of power, resources and opportunities in favour of the disadvantaged. In order to achieve transformative goals, Mukhopadhyay (2004) suggests looking at a number of aspects ranging from 'policy reform, advocacy, capacity building, analytical frameworks, programme development, monitoring systems', and analysis of the pros and cons of each aspect (Subrahmanian, 2004Rao & Kelleher, 2005. (See Figure 2.1) Moreover, gender mainstreaming is also defined by DFID as a twin-track approach whereby the integration of both sexes' concerns into the development process is regarded as one component and specific activities targeted at women's empowerment as the other.…”

Section: Definition Of Gender Mainstreamingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In theory, gender mainstreaming does not exclude specific intervention directed towards women. Focussing on women helps crucial progress towards gender equality which is considered to be ultimate goal of the gender mainstreaming process (Mukhopadhyay, 2004;Rao & Kelleher, 2005). In practice, however, the focus on women has come to signify the opposite.…”

Section: B Between Gender and Development And Mainstreaming Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It is now believed that the root causes of gender inequality need to be addressed by institutional change (Mukhopadhyay, 2004;Rao & Kelleher, 2005;Standing, 2004;Woodford-Berger, 2004). The institutional change cannot occur in the absence of strong political commitment.…”

Section: 62the Lack Of Political Will For Institutional Changementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Institutional change would most sustainably be made through changes to stated/formal and the unstated/informal rules. The formal rules include laws, policies, school curricula and so on, while the informal ones include inter alia, cultural arrangements and norms (Rao & Kelleher, 2005). There is an obvious assumption here that change at one level will automatically lead to change at others.…”

Section: 62the Lack Of Political Will For Institutional Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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Critical Insights into Gender Mainstreaming in Non-Governmental Organizations Based in Vietnam

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<p>In Vietnam, Confucian doctrine has traditionally influenced gender issues. Although, the determination of Government has brought about considerable improvements in gender equality in society, there remains a need for interventions from a variety of stakeholders including Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs). Recently, both International NGOs (INGOs) and Local NGOs (LNGOs) have increased in scope, size, and resources to address development issues in general and gender issues in particular in the specific context of Vietnam. They all play a pivotal role in delivering services and advocacy in an effort to enable Vietnamese people to live in a society of justice and well-being. However, there continues to be a gap between the rhetoric and practice of these organizations for both internal and external reasons. This research analyses the process of integrating gender into an INGO and an LNGO’s policies and development projects drawing on semi-structured interviews with staff in these organizations. The study explores the extent to which these NGOs use gender mainstreaming as a tool to achieve the goal of gender equality in their own organization and project sites. What challenges and opportunities for each organization exist? The findings indicate that in reference to gender mainstreaming, these NGOs, more or less, have encountered a series of common obstacles found in literature from other parts of the world. They also highlight the importance of the approach to gender work taken by NGOs. Each approach must be based on the specific conditions and characteristics of each organization and more importantly adaptable to the context, culture, and traditions of Vietnam. As a part of gender mainstreaming, NGOs are starting to pay attention to the work/home divides of their staff as a critically important element in organizational culture aiming to get the organization in order first before integrating gender into other dimensions of their development work. Both NGOs have the strong determination to have more male staff in office and involve more men in projects to address gender issues. Furthermore, the lack of openness and dialogue on implementing gender mainstreaming in the NGO community makes a part of the findings. These particular aspects of organisational practice were highlights of this thesis.</p>

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Section: 62the Lack Of Political Will For Institutional Changementioning

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Section: Definition Of Gender Mainstreamingmentioning

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Section: B Between Gender and Development And Mainstreaming Womenmentioning

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Section: 62the Lack Of Political Will For Institutional Changementioning

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Arundhati Roy famously described the COVID-19 pandemic as a portal, a gateway between one world and the next. We can choose to walk through it, dragging the carcasses of our prejudice and hatred, our avarice, our data banks and dead ideas, our dead rivers and smoky skies behind us. Or we can walk through lightly, with little luggage, ready to imagine another world. And ready to fight for it. (Roy 2020)As inspiring and insightful as these words are, such juxtaposition of utopia and dystopia barely scratches the surface of what and who we are as a nation. The soulcrushing images of burning pyres in parking lots turned into makeshift graveyards, which international and national media have immortalized, offer a clue, as does the sombre poetry of Parul Khakhar (Tripathi 2021). India is a land pockmarked with a million fires.The COVID-19 crisis has come as a shock to many middle-class Indians. Yet, to India's Dalits, Adivasis, women, and other marginalized groups, haunted by centuries of oppression, this crisis is yet another in a long list of historical and ongoing crises. For example, the coalfields of Jharia in Jharkhand have been burning for over a century now. As a result, at least 130,000 families have, quite literally, lived through a century-long trial by fire (Rahi 2019). Since 1995, the state-owned Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) has claimed to have a 'master plan' , which is possibly gathering dust in some almirah of the coal ministry (S. Kumar 2021). One would imagine that a pandemic like COVID-19 might scare the minister whose job includes ensuring

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2021

International Feminist Journal of Politics

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Is There Life after Gender Mainstreaming?

Cited by 8 publications

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Critical Insights into Gender Mainstreaming in Non-Governmental Organizations Based in Vietnam

Critical Insights into Gender Mainstreaming in Non-Governmental Organizations Based in Vietnam

Introduction: Climate Justice in India

Locating leverage: contesting “empowerment lite” from the lower rungs of an aid chain

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