WUNRN
TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP - HOW
LEADERSHIP CAN CREATE SUSTAINABLE CHANGE THAT PROMOTES WOMEN'S RIGHTS &
GENDER EQUALITY
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Publication:
Transformative Leadership, which is
leadership for sustainable change, addresses the root causes of inequality.
Transformative Leadership is a form of leadership which promotes gender justice
by advancing women's participation and leadership. Transformative Leadership
challenges structures and ideologies that justify and perpetuate gender
inequality and power imbalance. Gender inequality derives from social and
cultural socialization processes. In patriarchal societies, girls and women are
classified (not always consciously) as less valuable, less strong, economically
less attractive, not suitable for public leadership roles, needing protection
and control, etc. Other aspects of identity, such as (dis)ability, HIV status,
sexual orientation, race, class, caste, and religion, interrelate with people's
biological sex; and this can result in multiple forms of discrimination. For
Oxfam, this patriarchal, exclusive ideology is the main cause of the violation
of women's right to equality.
