Gender, Society & Development Revisiting gender training The making and remaking of gender knowledge A global sourcebook Dedication In memory of the daughters of Josephine Ahikire, Fiona Musiimenta and Bridget Kiconco, who tragically lost their lives during the writing of this book. Gender, Society & Development Revisiting gender training The making and remaking of gender knowledge A global sourcebook Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Franz Wong Guest Editors CRITICAL REVIEWS AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES SERIES KIT (Royal Tropical Institute), The Netherlands Oxfam GB Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) Revisiting gender training. The making and remaking KIT Publishers of gender knowledge. A global sourcebook P.O. Box 95001 has been developed by the Royal Tropical Institute 1090 HA AMSTERDAM (KIT), The Netherlands. It is co-published with The Netherlands Oxfam GB to increase dissemination. Telephone: +31 (0) 20 568 8272 The views expressed in documents by named authors Telefax: +31 (0) 20 568 8286 are those of the authors, and not necessarily those of E-mail: [email protected] the publishing organizations. Website: www.kit.nl Oxfam GB is a registered charity no. 202918, Oxfam Publishing and is a member of Oxfam International. 274 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 7DZ Other titles in the Gender, Society & Development United Kingdom series: Telephone: +44 (0) 1865 311 311 • Advancing women’s status: women and men Telefax: +44 (0) 1865 312 600 together? (1995) E-mail: [email protected] M. de Bruyn (ed.) Website: www.oxfam.org.uk • Gender training. The source book (1998) S. Cummings, H. van Dam and M. Valk (eds.) © 2007 Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), • Women’s information services and networks. Amsterdam A global source book (1999) S. Cummings, H. van Dam and M. Valk (eds.) First published by KIT Publishers and • Institutionalizing gender equality. Commitment, Oxfam GB 2007 policy and practice. A global source book (2000) Guest editors: Franz Wong & Maitrayee H. van Dam, A. Khadar and M. Valk (eds.) Mukhopadhyay • Gender perspectives on property and inheritance. A global source book (2001) Design: Grafisch Ontwerpbureau Agaatsz BNO, S. Cummings, H. van Dam, A. Khadar and M. Valk Meppel (eds.) Cover: Ad van Helmond, Amsterdam • Natural resources management and gender. Printing: High Trade, Zwolle A global source book (2002) S. Cummings, H. van Dam and M. Valk (eds.) ISBN 978 90 6832 735 9 (KIT Publishers edition) • Gender, citizenship and governance. A global available in the EC excluding UK and Ireland source book (2004) ISBN 978 085598 5998 (Oxfam GB edition) S. Cummings, H. van Dam and M. Valk (eds.) available in the rest of the world • Gender and ICTs for development. A global Printed and bound in The Netherlands sourcebook (2005) S. Cummings, H. van Dam and M. Valk (series eds.) • Gender and health: policy and practice. A global sourcebook (2006) S. Cummings, H. van Dam and M. Valk (series editors) Contents Acknowledgements 7 Acronyms 9 Introduction: Revisiting gender training. The making and remaking of gender knowledge 11 Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Franz Wong Gender training: politics or development? A perspective from India 27 Jashodhara Dasgupta Gender training and the politics of mainstreaming in post-Beijing Uganda 39 Josephine Ahikire Changing the unchangeable: reflections on selected experiences in gender training in the Machreq/Maghreb region 47 Lina Abou-Habib Gender and development training in the Francophone world: making up ground without repeating mistakes? 61 Claudy Vouhé Reframing rights for social change 73 Shamim Meer Guide to the annotated bibliography 84 Annotated bibliography 85 Author index 129 Organization index 131 Geographical index 133 Web resources 135 About the authors 139 Acknowledgements A major objective of this publication is to document the experiences of practitioners and experts with respect to gender training and studies in gender and development in the South in particular. The Series Editors are delighted that it has been possible to realize this objective. Special thanks go to Franz Wong and Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay, Guest Editors of this publication, for sharing their knowledge and experience. We would like to record our warm and deep appreciation of Lina Abou-Habib, Josephine Ahikire, Jashodhara Dasgupta, Shamim Meer, and Claudy Vouhé for their valuable contributions to this book as well as other members of the D Group for taking the time to share their experiences and insights. Thanks also go to Pilar Trujillo and Christine Verschuur for their contributions of papers, which could not be included in this publication due to printing schedules. Their papers can be found in the KIT dossier ‘Gender training’ at http://www.kit.nl/smartsite.shtml?ch=fab&id=4603. Acknowledgements also go to Ilse Egers and Christine Hayes for their input to the bibliography. We would also like to thank Arlette Kouwenhoven for her assistance in the production of this book. Henk van Dam, Sarah Cummings and Minke Valk Series Editors, Gender, Society & Development acknowledgements 7 Acronyms ACORD Agency for Cooperation and Research in Development AFRA Association for Rural Advancement, South Africa AGI African Gender Institute AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome APDC Asian and Pacific Development Centre AusAID Australian Agency for International Development AWID Association for Women’s Rights in Development, Canada BPATC Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre BPFA Beijing Platform for Action BRAC Bangladesh Rural Development Committee CACE Centre for Adult Learning and Continuing Education, South Africa CARICOM Caribbean Community CAW Commission on the Advancement of Women CBO Community-based organization CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CEDPA Centre for Development and Population Activities CGO Center for Gender in Organizations, USA CIEFFA Centre International pour l’Education des Filles et des Femmes en Afrique CMA Conscientizing Male Adolescents programme CNGO Canada Nepal Gender in Organizations Project CODESRIA Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa CRTD.A Collective for Research and Training on Development – Action, Lebanon DAWN Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era DFID Department for International Development, UK DPU Development Planning Unit ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ESCWA Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia EU European Union EUROSTEP European Solidarity Towards the Equal Participation of People FEMNET African Women’s Development and Communication Network GAD Gender and Development GAD/C Gender and Development for Cambodia GETNET Gender Education and Training Network GFP Gender Focal Point GMIF Gender mainstreaming implementation framework, UNESCO GQAL Gender Quality Action-Learning GRF Gender roles framework GTI Great Transition Initiative acronyms GTZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GW&D Gender, women & development 9 HIV Human immune deficiency virus ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development ICPD International Conference on Population and Development ICRW International Center for Research on Women ICTs Information and communication technologies IDS Institute of Development Studies, UK IIRR International Institute of Rural Reconstruction ILO International Labour Organization ILS Information & Library Services, Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), the Netherlands INSTRAW United Nations International Research and Training Institute INTRAC International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) ITC International Training Centre IWTC International Women’s Tribune Centre JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency KARI Kenya Agricultural Research Institute KIT Royal Tropical Institute, the Netherlands MACMAG GLIP Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking Information Project n.d. not dated NGO Non-governmental organization NFLS Nairobi Forward Looking Strategies NIPCCD National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development NIRD National Institute of Rural Development, India NRM National Resistance Movement, Uganda OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OSSREA Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa POGAR Programme on Governance in the Arab Region, UNDP PRA Participatory rapid (or rural) appraisal RAPP Research and Policy Programme RBA Rights-based approach SDC Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Sida Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SRA Social relations analysis STIs Sexually transmitted infections TASSC Technical Assistance and Social Services Consultants TGNP Tanzania Gender Networking Programme TOT Training of trainers TRF Triple roles framework UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNIFEM United Nations Development Fund for Women UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency WARI Women’s Action & Resource Initiative WDP Women’s Development Programme, India WID Women in Development WIDE Women in Development Europe network revisiting gender training WLP Women’s Learning Partnership YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association 10 ZWRCN Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay and Franz Wong Introduction: Revisiting gender training. The making and remaking of gender knowledge This book is concerned with the thinking behind gender education and training1. It is part of a wider