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Making a difference in the lives of the poor
A place for Gender Transformative Research in the
CGIAR
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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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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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CGIAR reform
Profound challenge - Success needs innovation and paradigm shifts
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Recognizing complexity
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Recognizing complexity
CGIAR pre-reform
CGIAR pre-reform
CRP 1sCRP 1sCRP 3sCRP 3s
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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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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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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 gender transformative outcomes in agricultural research?
Half the Sky (Kristof and WuDunn, 2009)
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Moving the agenda forward
• October 2012 GTR workshop (Penang)• Engage with these questions and set a GTR
agenda focused on:o Appropriate methods and toolso Operationalizing GAD concepts in practiceo Defining success indicatorso Facilitating organizational change processeso Developing new ways to build gender capacities and
change mind setso Identifying ‘unusual’ partners, e.g. media groups,
behavior change communications firms
• January 2013 Dialogue on Reimagining Agricultural Research in Development