ISBN:
9781315195087
,
1315195089
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource
,
text file, PDF.
Edition:
First edition.
Series Statement:
Routledge ISS Gender, Sexuality and Development Studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305.42095492
Keywords:
Gender Quality Action Learning (Program)
;
BRAC (Organization)
;
Women in development
;
Women Social conditions
;
Women's rights
;
Social change
;
Gender Quality Action Learning (Program)
;
BRAC (Organization)
;
Women in development ; Bangladesh
;
Women ; Bangladesh ; Social conditions
;
Women's rights ; Bangladesh
;
Social change ; Bangladesh
;
Electronic books
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Developing Countries
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Working on gender equality in organizations: the state of play in 1994 -- Doing 'training' differently in support of organizational change -- Strategic choices and trade-offs -- Evolution, learning and adaptation -- The structure of this book -- Notes -- References -- 1. The context in 1994 -- Gender relations in Bangladesh in 1994 -- BRAC's early days -- What BRAC was doing to promote gender equality in 1994 -- Notes -- References -- 2. Strengthening BRAC's ability to advance gender equality -- The team: what we were trying to do -- Administering diagnostic tools to establish a baseline -- Findings of the needs-assessment exercise -- Developing and negotiating an action-learning plan -- How is action learning different from training? -- Notes -- References -- 3. Implementing GQAL in BRAC -- Designing and testing GQAL in BRAC -- The GQAL review process -- Research findings -- Results synthesis -- Limitations of staff GQAL -- Lessons learned -- Notes -- References -- 4. Implementing GQAL in the community -- The evolution of GQAL in the community: concepts and practices -- Working on gender equality and social norms at multiple levels -- Piloting GQAL in communities -- Integrating GQAL in the Ultra Poor Programme -- GQAL as a stand-alone programme -- Changing lives in one generation -- Notes -- References -- 5. Conclusion -- Factors that contributed to GQAL's success -- Community GQAL -- Current literature and GQAL -- Measuring gender-equality change -- What are the messages for theory and practice in other organizations? -- Limitations -- Final words -- Notes -- References -- Appendix 1: BRAC gender-equality milestones.
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