What makes change happen in women’s lives?
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Pathways of Women’s Empowerment is an international research and communications programme established in 2006 which links academics with activists and practitioners to find out what works to enhance women’s empowerment. We are identifying where women are achieving real gains and discovering the positive and negative factors which have influenced their journey. Pathways is funded by the UK Department for International Development with additional financing from the Norwegian and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from UNIFEM.
Our aim is to make these pathways of change visible and to build on them to inspire a radical shift in policy and practice. By involving policy actors and practitioners directly in our research and learning, we hope our work will be in itself a catalyst for change.
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Mainstreaming Gender & Beyond: A Leadership Practice and Skills Development Workshop for Gender Specialists in Development Agencies
Pathways are hosting a four day workshop from 3-8 May 2010 at Dunford House, Midhurst in the UK designed to enhance the leadership
practice of gender specialists
employed in large international
development organisations – bilateral, multilateral and
international NGOs. The workshop will be jointly facilitated by Rosalind Eyben and Aruna Rao, one of the world’s leading authorities on
gender equality and institutional change. For more information about the workshop and an application form please download the workshop brochure: Mainstreaming Gender & Beyond (pdf file 239 KB)
The closing date for application is 5th March 2010 but the majority of
places are likely to be confirmed before that date.
Special Issue of Development for the 11th AWID International Forum
Papers from the joint Pathways and Women's Empowerment in Muslim Contexts RPC's panel on 'The NGOisation of Women's Movements and its Implications for Feminist Organising' have been included in a special issue of Development which was published in June. The journal includes contributions from Dzodzi Tsikata of the West African Hub, Maheen Sultan and Sohela Nazneen from Pathways South Asia and Sonia Alvarez from our Consortium Advisory Group. More information at Development
Conditional Cash Transfers
Dr Hania Sholkamy (Convenor of the Pathways Middle East Hub) and her team at the Social Research Center, American University in Cairo are collaborating with the Ministry of Social Solidarity to implement Egypt's first conditional cash transfer programme. The pilot was launched in March 2009 in the Cairene slum of Ain es-Sira. For more information see IDS News also read the report from the 'Introducing Empowering Conditional Cash Transfers to Egypt' held in Cairo in January 2008.
Women, Peace and Security: Actualising UN Security Council Resolution 1325 in Sierra Leone
Pathways West Africa Hub is launching a research project to monitor and evaluate the implementation of UN Resolution 1325 in post-conflict Sierra Leone. The research will critically analyse the activities and programmes of all actors responsible for the implementation of the resolution and make necessary recommendations to push the process forward. See the report in the Awareness Times, 6 May 2009.
See the research flyer for more information: UN Security Council Resolution 1325 research flyer (pdf 459 KB)
Sexuality and the Development Industry
This report, written by Andrea Lynch and edited by Susie Jolly and Andrea Cornwall, draws on discussions and presentations at the Sexuality and the Development Industry workshop which took place at IDS in April 2008. The workshop was co-organised by Pathways and the Sexuality and Development Programme at IDS.
The report is available to download from the IDS website.
Agenda for Change
Pathways of Women's Empowerment launches its new publication 'Agendas for Change' with the first paper on 'Women's Empowerment needs a People-Centred Economy', drafted by Marzia Fontana and edited by Rosalind Eyben, Convenor of the Pathways Global Hub. This occasional series will be looking at issues lying at the heart of gender justice and proposing alternative visions for change. Agenda for Change: Women's Empowerment Needs a People-Centred Economy (pdf file 476 KB)
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Launch of New Real World Scheme
Following the success of the Real World scheme films in 2008, Screen South and Pathways are again looking for an innovative documentary filmmaker to make a 20-minute short documentary film, along with a three minute and a thirty second film during 2009. Details of the scheme and guidelines can be downloaded here: Real World Guidelines 2009 (pdf file 118KB). The deadline for applications was the beginning of June and has now closed - more information on Real World 2009 will be available soon.
The 2008 Real World scheme films were premiered in London on Monday 9 March at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) as part of the annual International Women’s Film Festival - Bird’s Eye View. The Real World scheme is a joint initiative between Pathways and the UK Film Council’s South East regional agency, Screen South. For more information see IDS News and also Pathways News. See also Rebecca Frankel's (former Editor of FourDocs) blog for the Birds Eye View Festival at http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/news/2009/03/08/a-litte-more-info-on-real-world-films/
“Across the globe women seem to rise above the most challenging circumstances” but we are less clear “about the pathways to empowerment” Professor Takyiwaa Manuh
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