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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338039903321

Autore

Ferguson Lucy

Titolo

Gender Training : A Transformative Tool for Gender Equality / / by Lucy Ferguson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019

ISBN

3-319-91827-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 117 p. 4 illus.)

Collana

Gender and Politics, , 2662-5814

Disciplina

155.33

Soggetti

Identity politics

Women in development

Women

Gender identity in education

Politics and Gender

Development and Gender

Women's Studies

Gender and Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1 Introduction - At the Intersection of Theory and Practice: Locating Gender Training -- Chapter 2 - Critiques and Challenges in Contemporary Gender Training -- Chapter 3 - Gender Training and Transformative Change -- Chapter 4 - Gender Training and Feminist Pedagogies -- Chapter 5 Conclusions - Future Directions for Feminist Gender Training. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores develops a case for feminist gender training as a catalyst for disjuncture, rupture and change. Chapter 1 traces the historical development and current contours of the field of gender training. In Chapter 2, the key critiques of gender training are substantively engaged with from the perspective of reflexive practice, highlighting the need to work strategically within existing constraints. Questions of transformative change are addressed in Chapter 3, which reviews feminist approaches to change and how these can be applied to enhance the impact of gender training. Chapter 4 considers the theory



and practice of feminist pedagogies in gender training. In the final chapter, new avenues for gender training are explored: working with privilege; engaging with applied theatre; and mindfulness/meditation. The study takes gender training beyond its often technocratic form towards a creative, liberating process with the potential to evoke tangible, lasting transformation for gender equality.