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Request for Contributions to Diversity Issue of "Gender and Development"
We are contacting you to see if anyone has, or knows about, experience
which could be shared in the March 2004 GENDER AND DIVERSITY issue of
the international journal, 'Gender and Development', which is read in
over 90 countries by a wide readership of development policy-makers,
practitioners, feminist activists and academic researchers. The journal
supports development policy and practice which is shaped by a commitment
to equality for women and men.
The journal is a unique space to share experience, to learn about the
key issues facing women, men and children on a particular theme, and to
assess key new concepts from theory from the point of view of their
application in programme and policy development. We aim to use clear
jargon-free English to ensure the widest possible readership.
The Diversity issue should be enabling and practical - offering ways to
help identify solutions and move past dilemmas into action. In
particular, articles would be welcome on the particular areas outlined
below, but all suggestions for contributions are welcome.
- What does a commitment to diversity mean for development organisations? How can we ensure we are challenging unequal North-South power and not perpetuating it? How can we make sure development is guided by views from developing countries themselves? Case studies of what has worked/what hasn't
- What are the insights offered by analyses of intersectionality and how have they been used in feminist work and/or development policy and practice?
- What experience do we have of building alliances with a coalition of groups who disagree on some issues, in order to pursue a shared agenda? What are the challenges and how have we overcome them? In particular, what can be learnt from the international women's movement on these issues?
- How have development organisations responded to the need to challenge fundamentalism while respecting racial and religious diversity? What specific challenges face Northern agencies? Practical experiences
- How can development further universal rights for women and other marginalized groups while respecting diversity? How can we ensure that development organisations enable individual staff to explore and challenge their own views on issues which they find personally difficult? Practical experience - workshops/training etc
- Does it matter if people who work for development organisations don't agree with all organisational values on gender, race, sexuality and others? If it does, how can transforming attitudes and challenging prejudices take place in a way which respects diversity? What are the issues and the challenges? Insights from trainers, organisational change people etc
The Editor, Caroline Sweetman, is used to supporting first-time writers and non-native English speakers who have valuable experience they wish to share. Please discuss this with us. We're looking for useful experience to share, not for fantastic writers. The journal aims to reach the widest group of users possible through using clear, accessible English.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Please contact Caroline Sweetman, Editor, 'Gender and Development', with
your idea, as soon as possible and before the deadline for
commissioning: 5 November 2003.
Email csweetman@oxfam.org.uk, with an
initial email enabling us to make contact and discuss your ideas.
(Articles will be finalised for a deadline of 15 January 2004).
Recent reports and information on disabled women now posted on DPI's website
The Disabled Peoples' International website has several new postings
about women with disabilities. Included in these postings are a story
about the Swapo Party Women's Council's assertion that disabled women
are being shut out of programs and services aimed at empowering women in
Namibia; a paper concerning the situation of disabled women in Pakistan
that was presented at the 2000 International Special Education
Conference; and a four-year report by DPI's Women's Committee:
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