Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Gender and Politics (GAP)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
Keywords
- gender training
- gender equality
- gender theory
- feminist gender training
- professionalization
- neoliberal feminism
- intersectionality
- technocracy
- feminist institutionalism
- institutional change
- gender-transformative evaluation
- critical pedagogies
- gender and methodologies
- reflexive gender training
- self-critical gender training
- feminist pedagogies
- gender and global governance
- gender and politics
- gender and public policy
- gender and development
About this book
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.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Gender Training
Book Subtitle: A Transformative Tool for Gender Equality
Authors: Lucy Ferguson
Series Title: Gender and Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91827-3
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91826-6Published: 15 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91827-3Published: 05 June 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-5814
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5822
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 117
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Politics and Gender, Development and Gender, Women's Studies, Gender and Education