Gender Works

by Porter, Fenella; Smyth, Ines; Sweetman, Caroline

• ISBN13: 9780855984076
• ISBN10: 0855984074
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Oxfam Pubns

Summary

This important book is a multi-authored contribution to development debates on integrating gender issues into development institutions. The specially commissioned articles in Gender Works chart the experience of Oxfam in turning words into action on gender issues. It is a major contribution to the literature on "Gender in Development" and to the broader field of integrating gender issues into organizations. This is a key book for development researchers, practitioners, academics, and policymakers worldwide. Contributors are from South and North, women and men, who work for or with Oxfam GB and other national Oxfams including Oxfam America and Novib. The book is in five sections, each with an overview and between 4 and 6 papers. Introduction: In the name of gender; Management of gender issues; Organizational procedures; Evolution and solutions: The history of gender issues; Working at different levels; Challenges of implementation; Learning and good practice. Highlights include: · A clear and critical analysis of failures as well as successes in integrating gender into the work and structures of a major development NGO · Practical contribution to the field, including an account of what really happened to one of the leading practitioners in the field · A readable account which combines personal/professional experiences with analytical points. 'Gender Works' is organized in five sections: 1. The Challenges of Implementation 2. Organizational culture and procedures 3. The role of the specialist team 4. Working at different levels 5. Building capacity

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Timeline	p. 13
The challenges of implementation	p. 15
Much ado about knitting: The experience of Bosfam (Bosnia)	p. 19
Men in the kitchen, women in the office? Working on gender issues in Ethiopia	p. 31
Gender concerns in emergencies	p. 37
Gender in times of war (El Salvador)	p. 47
Bringing it back home: Gender and poverty in the UK	p. 58
Representative systems and accountability structures in refugee settlements in Ikafe, Uganda	p. 68
Mind the gap: How what we do differs from what we say (Burkina Faso)	p. 76
The spaces between the weave: Building alliances at the grassroots (Pakistan)	p. 84
Organisational culture and procedures	p. 95
Changing the rules: Implementing a gender policy through organisational procedures	p. 99
Two steps forward, one step back: Experiences of senior management	p. 108
From infrastructure to people: Experiences from Cambodia	p. 117
Gender: Assessing the impact	p. 124
A rose by any other name: Feminism in development NGOs	p. 132
Personnel management in crisis: Experience from Afghanistan	p. 142
Rhetoric to reality: A psychological approach	p. 152
Setting up the Oxfam nursery	p. 164
The role of a specialist team	p. 175
Chronicle of a death foretold: The birth and death of Oxfam GB's Gender and Development Unit	p. 178
GADU remembered: Some reflections on the early years	p. 187
Fairytales and feminism: Volunteering in the Gender Team	p. 196
Middle-aged man seeks gender team	p. 203
Working at different levels	p. 215
Regional cohesion and gender in the Middle East programme	p. 219
The experience of Beijing from a Zambian perspective	p. 227
Women's Eyes on the World Bank: Integrating gender equity into advocacy work	p. 234
Gender and diversity in Oxfam International	p. 243
Harmonising gender and development: The GAD fund in South Africa	p. 253
Gender means doing things differently: Lessons from Oxfam's Women's Linking Project	p. 259
Participation and management in South Asia: Gender transformation in the AGRA South network	p. 271
Building capacity	p. 283
From the slipstream to the mainstream: Incorporating gender into The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief	p. 286
The 'cutting edge' of practice? Publishing, gender, and diversity in Oxfam GB	p. 297
Making visible the invisible: The work of the gender resources centre	p. 305
A history of gender training in Oxfam	p. 311
Academic reality: From theory to practice	p. 318
Gender training for policy implementers: Only a partial solution	p. 326
Gender and development - Oxfam's policy for its programme	p. 337
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