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INCORPORATING GENDER CONSIDERATIONS
INTO HUMANITARIAN, DEVELOPMENT & CAMPAIGNS WORK
OXFAM QUICK GUIDES: http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/search?i=1;q=*;q1=publications;q2=quick+guides;x1=page_type;x2=series;sort=publication_date
By Jemma
Stringer, Gender Justice Officer – 13 February 2014
Colleagues regularly ask about tools and guides on
including gender considerations in their work. I have two answers. My long
answer is: do your research
- read this or that theoretical book on approaches to gender analysis,
consult one of our many insightful reports on our programmatic learning,
look at our range of great toolkits
- and then consider which approach is most relevant to your needs and context.
My short answer is: check out these Quick Guides.
This week, I spoke
to a colleague in
Although things were going well, incorporating women's
specific needs into advocacy was progressing more slowly than expected. I
assumed that perhaps it was external pressure, different priorities, or even
lack of import placed on women's
rights; however, I was totally wrong. The reason for the slow
progress was simply a lack
of time.
These partners recognised that the needs of women and men
were often different, understood the
significance of having a deeper understanding of these differences in each of
the contexts in which they worked, and appreciated the importance of supporting
the realisation of women's rights. The
only barrier was time - the time to learn what changes were
needed in their work, and the time to learn how to implement those changes.
This
possession of the will to effect change, but lack of time to implement
the way, is something we can all relate to.As I listened I realised that this possession of the will to effect change, but
lack of time to implement the way,
is something we can all relate to.
In our busy lives we all need something that will give us
the headlines, tell us the basics, and flag up the key points in the time
we have got available, which is often very little - a snatched 5 minutes here,
a quick tea break there. And that's why I love Oxfam's Quick Guides - they do
exactly this!
The Quick Guides to Gender Analysis,
Gender Sensitive
Indicators, Women's Participation,
and Rights-based
Approaches, were developed for Oxfam staff and partners to help
them understand key principles around gender
justice and the rights-based approach.
In places like
Haiti, where Oxfam and its partners share a vital commitment to gender justice,
but lack the time to progress quickly towards their goal, these Quick Guides
provide the added knowledge and confidence needed start making it happen,
whether in the planning,
implementing or monitoring of their work.
The guides have been so useful that we have decided to
share them on this site for the wider development community. They will provide
you with a clear overview, allowing you to get started on incorporating gender
justice and rights-based approaches into your work. What's more, if you do find
the time to delve deeper, there are also plenty of links to useful further reading.
We sometimes put too much pressure on ourselves to know
it all, but in reality, there just aren't enough hours in the day. Download a Quick Guide,
and build the foundations for incorporating gender justice and rights-based
approaches into your work.