scholarly journals Gender and Learning in Rwanda

10.5130/aag ◽  
2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Culture And Development

This book presents an unparalleled mix of aspiration and achievement, of feminist theory and practice. It does not claim to be complete or final, nor is it a snapshot of a single point in time. It falls into two parts. One part containing scholarly chapters written academics involved in developing and teaching in the innovative Master’s program in Gender, Culture and development offered from 2011 at the Kigali Institute of Education in Rwanda. The second part contains statements written by students in the first cohort, most of which have been revised and updated. All the contributions are informed by a set of common experiences, but each writer presents her (or his) own perspective. This is most clearly evident in the short chapters written by the women who brought their diverse scholarly backgrounds together in their passion for the scholarly development of other women and men, in an empowering, feminist, educational experience. This mix of experiences and the diversity of writings make the book a challenging read and an invaluable resource for anyone interested in research-based approaches to social change, the weaving of personal experience into scholarly reflections, and in insights into leaders in working towards gender equality, a policy area which affects social relationships throughout a society, including at the most intimate level.

scholarly journals Establishing the Centre for Gender, Culture and Development at the Kigali Institute of Education

10.5130/aag.a ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 3-16
Author(s):  
Shirley Randell
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Millennium Development Goals ◽  
National Development ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Development Agencies ◽  
Culture And Development

This chapter describes the establishment of the Centre for Gender, Culture and Development at the Kigali Institute of Education in the Rwandan context of strong support from the President, Government and international development agencies for gender equality. The Centre and its graduates have played an important role in national development and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

scholarly journals The European Construction Social Partners: Gender Equality in Theory and Practice

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Clarke ◽  
Elsebet Frydendal Pedersen ◽  
Elisabeth Michielsens ◽  
Barbara Susman
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Partners

scholarly journals My Dissertation Healed Me: A Retrospective Analysis Through Heuristic Inquiry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Smita Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Heuristic Inquiry ◽  
Strong Recommendation ◽  
Japanese Art ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Similar Experience ◽  
Collection Phase

It was my personal experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) that motivated me to undertake my dissertation, but during the process I was haunted by my “IPV survivor” identity. Little did I know that my intellectual pursuit was an invitation into personal healing through heuristic inquiry. During the data collection phase of my dissertation, I unconsciously embarked on the initial engagement phase of heuristic inquiry, but only 2 years after completing my dissertation did I realize I experienced six phases of Moustakas’s (1990) heuristic inquiry. In this article, I share how my dissertation healed me through a retrospective analysis using heuristic inquiry. Through the coresearchers’ narratives, I began the process of embracing my IPV survivor identity—analogous to Kintsugi, the Japanese art of joining broken pottery with gold to form a new version of it. Through this process, I have begun to acknowledge my resiliency and, most importantly, feel empowered to engage with others who have had similar experience, connecting to a collective voice of IPV survivors. Thus, I argue that heuristic inquiry not only transforms the researcher but also has a powerful impact on others (Moustakas, 1990), empowering coresearchers and communities. I conclude with a strong recommendation to foster research of personal experiences, as it has the potential to bridge the gap between theory and practice (hooks, 1994).

Writing Lebanese Feminist History

Women Rising ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 208-216
Author(s):  
Nicole Khoury
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
International Context ◽  
Feminist History ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Postcolonial Feminist Theory ◽  
Postcolonial Feminist ◽  
Collective Activism ◽  
Important Shift

In this chapter, Nicole Khoury analyzes the editorials in one of Lebanon’s most successful feminist journals, Al-Raida. Through examining the first decade of Rose Ghurayyib’s editorials, she recovers a part of Lebanese feminist history that has been largely ignored. The editorials illustrate that arguments for gender equality in the midseventies were grounded in liberal feminist theory. Written during the violent civil war, and the period of foreign influences, the editorials mark a shift in the focus of the Lebanese feminist movement to postcolonial feminist theory, a shift that changed the way the movement articulated its goals. While the editorials first addressed an English-speaking elite Lebanese audience, they later began to focus on a collective activism that defined women’s needs and goals within the larger national and international context, marking an important shift in Lebanese feminist history.

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Vera Lomazzi ◽  
Isabella Crespi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Policy ◽  
Local Implementation ◽  
Gender Culture ◽  
Socioeconomic Changes ◽  
Political Configuration ◽  
And Gender

The introductory chapter aims at presenting the most important aspects of the book exploring the European policy strategy for gender equality, known as gender mainstreaming. The book focuses on the historical and socioeconomic changes in Europe regarding gender mainstreaming strategy and gender equality as a concept, while previous contributions focused only on specific aspects (legislation, economy, and politics).Furthermore, the connection between the institutional level of policymaking and the local implementation of European laws in the field of gender equality is an innovative issue because that was not so often connected with the topic of the gender culture of European societies or with their individual opinions/attitudes on gender roles. Lastly, the book explores innovative intersections between the fields of gender policies and survey research in order to investigate how GM policies affect regional gender cultures. In this way the issue of gender mainstreaming is observed as an ‘evergreen’ topicin the context of the changing beliefs, social structure, economics and political configuration of the European Union from the beginning till now, and with some critical points to be addressed for the future (such as economic crises, migration and integration process).

Feminist Perspectives on Science

Hypatia ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Imber ◽  
Nancy Tuana
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Scientific Theory ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Feminist Perspectives ◽  
Practice Of Science ◽  
Precise Role

In this issue of Hypatia there is a consensus that science is not value-neutral and that cultural/political concerns enter into the epistemology, methodology and conclusions of scientific theory and practice. In future dialogues the question that needs to be further addressed is the precise role political concerns should play in the formulation of a feminist theory and practice of science.

scholarly journals A Feminist Politics of Ambivalence: Reading with Emma Goldman

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare Hemmings
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
The Other ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Single Issue ◽  
Feminist Politics ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One ◽  
Emma Goldman

Abstract: Feminist theory worldwide is confronting - perhaps as it always has done - a series of deep challenges. On the one hand, awareness of gender and sexual inequalities seems high; on the other, co-optation of feminism for nationalist or other right-wing agendas is rife. On the one hand, feminist social movements are in ascendancy, on the other there is a continued dominance of single issue feminism and a resistance to intersectional, non-binary interventions. If we add in the collapse of the Left in the face of radical movements such as those underpinning Brexit and Trump (and the frequent blaming of feminism for fragmentation of that Left) then it is hard to know what to argue, to whom, and for what ends. In the face of such claims it is tempting to respond with a dogmatic or singular feminism, or to insist that what we need is a shared, clear, certain platform. I want to argue instead - with Emma Goldman (anarchist activist who died in 1940) as my guide - that it can be politically productive to embrace and theorise uncertainty, or even ambivalence, about gender equality and feminism.

scholarly journals #Metoo/#Aidtoo and Creating an Intersectional Feminist NPO/NGO Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth M. Gillespie ◽  
Roseanne M. Mirabella ◽  
Angela M. Eikenberry
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Feminist Theory ◽  
Nongovernmental Organization ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Bureaucratic Accountability

AbstractThe purpose of this essay is to explore the implications of #metoo and #aidtoo for understanding nonprofit/nongovernmental organization (NPO/NGO) theory and practice. We provide an overview of how women have experienced sexual violence in the context of NPOs/NGOs and draw on an intersectional feminist theory lens to highlight the context that enables violence to persist, and which requires more than implementing bureaucratic accountability reforms. We end by discussing potential avenues for creating change to end such violence.

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