WUNRN
GENDER & SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
As part of the BRIDGE Cutting Edge Programme on Gender and Social Movements, we have produced a new website and publication.
OVERVIEW REPORT
This report provides an in-depth exploration of theory, case studies and key learning and routes to change drawn from the programme. The report is intended for a broad audience interested and/or involved in work around social movements and on women's rights and gender justice. It contains:
- A framework for understanding social justice movements
and some of the debates, challenges and tensions they face.
- An introduction to women's and feminist movements,
their visions and strategies, and the gains they have made over recent
decades.
- An overview of responses by broader social justice movements
to issues of women's rights and gender justice.
- An assessment of common challenges in building
gender-just movements.
- A description of the core elements of gender-just
movements.
- Some practical routes for nurturing social justice
movements that challenge unjust gender power relations in all domains.
You can download the report in its entirety
Or download it in the following sections:
- 01. Contents
- 02. Foreword
by Srilatha Batliwala
- 03. About the
report
- 04. Acronyms
- 05. Executive
Summary
- 06. Chapter
1. Introduction
- 07. Chapter 2.
Engendering social movements: Evolution, debates, definitions and
resources
- 08. Chapter
3. Locating Women's Rights and gender justice in social movement practice
- 09. Chapter
4. Integrating Gender Justice n social movement practice: challenges and
tensions
- 10. Chapter
5. Routes to Shaping gender-just movements
- 11. Chapter
6. Reflections and areas for further exploration
- 12. Chapter
7. Bibliography
- 13. Chapter
8. Glossary
- 14. Chapter 9.
List of Contributors