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Meeting the challenge of gender inequality through gender transformative research

Lessons from research in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

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ID11401353
AuthorsJemimah Njuki (0000-0001-7655-1915, UN Women, New York, USA, corresponding author), Martha Melesse (International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada), Chaitali Sinha (0000-0001-8682-8121, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada), Ruhiya Seward (International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada), Marie Renaud (Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Canada), Marie Claude Renaud (0000-0002-7440-9226, Global Affairs Canada), Shannon Sutton (International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada), Tavinder Nijhawan (International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada), Katie Clancy (International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada), Ramata Thioune (International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada), Ramata Molo Thioune (International Development Research Centre), Dominique Charron (0000-0002-3029-2169, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada)
Year2023
Volume44
Issue2
Pages206-228
Publication date2023-04-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue canadienne d études du développement (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0225-5189 • E-ISSN: 2158-9100
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02255189.2022.2099356
OpenAlexW4291817864
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited27

While the global development agenda has prioritized gender equality, many challenges remain, and the COVID-19 crisis has exacerbated inequalities. Gender transformative approaches to social change have the potential to address the underlying causes of inequality. This paper draws insights from studies funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre to understand how integrating gender transformative approaches to research can support social change. The findings suggest that gender transformative research is most successful in supporting change when it analyzes and addresses the multiple causes of inequality, takes an intersectional and structural approach, embeds the research in local contexts, and engages power holders and perpetrators of inequality

Development economics · Development studies · Economic growth · Economics · Gender equality · Gender inequality · Inequality · Latin Americans · Political science · Power (physics · Social change · Social inequality · Sociology · Structural inequality · Transformative learning · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies

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