'Building Coalitions, Creating Change' - an agenda for gender transformative research in agricultural development http://bit.ly/OVQ1DX

1. A place for Gender Transformative
Research in the CGIAR
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2. Transformative Change
“The dogmas of the quiet past
are inadequate to the stormy
present. The occasion is piled
high with difficulty, and we
must rise with the occasion.
As our case is new, so we
must think and act anew”
Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865
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3. Transformative change
“The definition of insanity is
doing the same thing over and
over again and expecting
different results”
Albert Einstein
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4. CGIAR reform
Profound challenge - Success needs innovation and paradigm shifts
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5. Recognizing complexity
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6. Recognizing complexity
CGIAR
pre-reform
CRP 1s
CRP 3s
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7. CRPs and Gender Transformative
Research
• Integrate social complexity = Innovative approaches to Gender
• Gender transformative research = understand and respond to the social causes
of the visible symptoms of gender inequality in the systems where we work
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8. Some key GTR questions
• Does combining technical
innovation with interventions to
change gender inequality deliver
better outcomes than technical
innovation alone?
• What is the best way to monitor this
type of transformative change – at
community and household levels?
• What drives policy to support the
changes in gender equity we need
for combined impact?
• What are the tipping points and the
key success factors?
Half the Sky (Kristof and WuDunn, 2009)
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9. Making GTR a reality – culture and
capacities
• How can we encourage
evolution beyond (simply)
gender mainstreaming and
foster organizational
cultures where
transformative practice is
“our way of working”?
• What capacities are critical
to achieving gender
transformative outcomes in
programs? How do we build
them?
• What partnerships maximize
synergies and spark
innovation to achieve Half the Sky (Kristof and WuDunn, 2009)
gender transformative
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10. Moving the agenda forward
• October 2012 GTR workshop (Penang)
• Engage with these questions and set a GTR
agenda focused on:
o Appropriate methods and tools
o Operationalizing GAD concepts in practice
o Defining success indicators
o Facilitating organizational change processes
o Developing new ways to build gender capacities and
change mind sets
o Identifying ‘unusual’ partners, e.g. media groups,
behavior change communications firms
• January 2013 Dialogue on Reimagining Agricultural
Research in Development
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