Guidelines for Participatory Nutrition Projects
1997
People working together around the world to generate ideas and action for social change
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Enhancing Community Involvement in Wildlife Tourism: Issues and Challenges
1998
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International Institute for Environment and Development
London, UK
http://www.iied.org
Living Up to the Empowerment Claim? The Potential of PRA
Abstract
By questioning the conceptualization of gender which is used to guide PRA-based processes, this article examines the extent to which PRA has been used to address issues of gender inequality, as opposed to simply describing the differences between the lives of women and men. It also suggests that despite the importance of empowerment as a guiding concept, its current usage in the context of much PRA work is inconsistent and ill-defined.
Assessing PRA for Implementing Gender and Development
Abstract
This chapter starts by outlining the core principles of the GAD (gender and development) theory. It then reviews the characteristics needed of a methodology to implement GAD in order to make development empowering for both men and women. PRA is suggested as a methodology with an empowering agenda similar to GAD theory. An examination of two cases where PRA was applied to address gender issues in the field provides the basis for an initial assessment of its potential to serve as a GAD methodology.
Gender, Participation and the Politics of Difference
Abstract
The author argues that much of the time in development, "gender" is taken to mean "women", and women are treated as an identifiable single category, thought of in a narrow range of stereotypical ways, and that "gender analysis" does not extend to analysing men's positions, views and reactions as men. For "gender-aware PRA" to be genuinely aware of gender and to be really participatory, it is crucial that facilitators reflect on their own preconceived ideas and prejudices.
Giving Space to Conflict in Training
Abstract
This chapter shares some reflections on the role of conflict in training for participatory development. In particular, the workshop setting can be viewed as an "outer role model" in which participants can build their skills for subsequent fieldwork. This means dealing with conflicts, including those resulting from gender and racial differences, as an integral part of workshops.
Problematics and Pointers about Participatory Research and Gender
Abstract
This chapter aims to raise some problematics in procedure, product and inherently interventionist role of facilitators. It seeks to examine certain key gender-related issues in sub-Saharan Africa for which participatory research (and decentralized policy articulation and operation) is potentially important.