🎆 In 2024, Gender at Work reaches another organisational milestone – its 21st anniversary. ✨ With lots of love and grace, we invite you to sing along and celebrate our 'coming of age' in FABULOUS style! https://lnkd.in/dym9Xmqy
Gender at Work
Civic and Social Organizations
An international learning collaborative that supports organisations to build cultures of equality and social justice.
About us
Gender at Work is an international collaborative that strengthens organisations to build cultures of equality and social justice. We are a transnational community of practitioners comprising 37 Associates across 16 countries and a compact, diverse administrative and programmatic core team spread across three regions. Using transformative approaches and innovative tools, we support partners to increase inclusion and equality within organisations and communities by challenging entrenched norms. Committed to feminist principles, we support leaders and activists whose aim is to disrupt patriarchy, racism, classism and heteronormativity, and transform ways of being and doing in their places of work. We also support movement-building and integrate our approaches within research, monitoring, evaluation and learning processes.
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http://www.genderatwork.org
External link for Gender at Work
- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2003
Locations
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1881 Steeles Avenue West, Suite # 420
Toronto , ON M3H 0A1, CA
Employees at Gender at Work
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Marie-Katherine (Kate) Waller, PhD
Medical Anthropologist, gender, and human rights
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Bettina Baldeschi
Experienced CEO | Strategist | Gender Equality Leader | Communications and Resource Mobilisation | Transformational Governance | Mentor
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Shannon Sutton
Gender Justice Specialist
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Chloe Safier
Gender equity consultant
Updates
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Comment pouvons-nous faire progresser la justice de genre dans nos communautés, nos organisations et nos vies quotidiennes ? 📚 Le « Référentiel sur les pratiques de facilitation pour avancer l’égalité des genres : expériences d’Afrique Francophone » propose des approches basées sur des expériences concrètes au Burkina Faso, au Mali et en République Démocratique du Congo. 💡 Que vous soyez un facilitateur expérimenté ou que vous commenciez tout juste votre parcours, ce guide vous invite à explorer des approches inclusives, réflexives et interactives pour aborder les dynamiques de pouvoir et promouvoir l’égalité des genres. 🤝 Un partenariat entre Gender at Work et Oxfam Burkina Faso, Mali, et République démocratique du Congo, et Oxfam België/Belgique. https://bit.ly/47hMFdQ
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🥁 It's a great pleasure for us to announce the appointment of new members to the Gender at Work Board of Directors! We are excited about the fresh insights and leadership they will bring to Gender at Work and we are confident that their vast experience and unique perspectives will be invaluable as we continue to drive our mission forward. Welcome to the team, Bettina Baldeschi, Brenda Campos, Kathy Durand, and Pamela Mudhune! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dTTQQvV2
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If you’ve been following the work of Gender at Work for a while, you’ve likely heard of ✨ Feminist School ✨ Co-created by Gender at Work and the UN Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI), the Feminist School offers a dynamic and immersive learning experience aimed at challenging, disrupting, and dismantling global power inequalities, such as patriachy. Rooted in feminist pedagogical methodologies, the #FeministSchool is designed to empower diverse groups of participants with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to drive social change and advance gender equality. 👩🏽💻 Learn more about the initiative on our newly launched webpage and stay tuned for exciting updates! Link in the comments below.
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📖 | In the latest publication from the "Keeping the Light On: Reflections on GEI and AI in Africa" series, Joel Nwakaire(He/Him) reflects on his journey of integrating #GenderEquality and social #inclusion into AI-driven research. Joel candidly shares how confronting his own biases has transformed his approach to #AI, leading to innovations that genuinely benefit everyone—especially women farmers and those living with disabilities. This powerful narrative is part of the AI4D Africa | IAPD Afrique initiative, supported by International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Sida, and highlights the importance of challenging our own assumptions to build more inclusive and effective AI solutions. 🔗 Link to Joel’s story in the comments below!
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💡 Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (#MEL) are key to driving social change, but conventional methods often miss the mark. In the "Rethinking MEL: a guide for a feminist approach" report, we explore why adopting feminist MEL is essential for real, lasting impact. 🔹 Uncover the six core principles of the approach: participation & power-sharing; intersectionality; collective learning; care & wellbeing; facilitating role; celebrating diversity; 🔹 Understand the barriers and opportunities for feminist MEL, with insights and recommendations for policymakers; 🔹 Get inspired by organisations that are successfully using Feminist MEL to advance equity and justice. https://bit.ly/3X3pNdp 🤝 A collaboration between Partos, Count Me In! (CMI!), The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Power Up! (PEKKA, JASS (Just Associates), and Gender at Work), Save the Children Nederland, Leading from the South and Oxfam Novib.
Rethinking MEL: a guide for a Feminist approach - Partos
https://www.partos.nl
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💡 In the first blog post of the series "Keeping the Light On: Reflections on Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)," Daisy Salifu shares her “aha moments” in discovering the significance and relevance of GEI in her AI work within the agriculture and food systems sector. 🔎 Among other insights, she highlights her efforts in implementing inclusion-by-design with women farmers and people living with disabilities in Uganda and Nigeria. Read Daisy's reflections here: https://lnkd.in/gMHnUyer 🤝 International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - AI4D Africa | IAPD Afrique
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👩🏿💻 Introducing our new blog series: "Keeping the Light On: Reflections on Gender Equality and Inclusion (GEI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Africa" 👨🏾💻 AI holds great promise for addressing complex issues faced by organisations, from healthcare to agriculture. However, the journey to fair and equitable #AI implementation, especially in research, is fraught with challenges and risks. Without care, algorithms and datasets risk perpetuating the same inequalities and prejudices that social justice organisations have been working so hard to eradicate for years. In this new series, participants from Artificial Intelligence for Development Africa (AI4D Africa | IAPD Afrique) share their reflections on integrating Gender Equality and Inclusion in their research. Their stories highlight innovative, user-centred approaches to AI which enable the most marginalised to improve their own lives. Join us over the coming weeks as we explore how openness, questioning biases, and experimentation can lead to AI innovations and policies that truly benefit everyone in a community. Link to the introductory blog post in the comments 👇🏽 🤝 International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - Sida - Ladysmith - Women At The Table
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Gender at Work reposted this
A fantastic guide for rethinking monitoring, evaluation and learning through a feminist lens. The document outlines the key principles of feminist MEL and how to apply them in practice: 💥 Participation & power sharing 💥 Intersectionality 💥 Collective learning 💥 Care & wellbeing 💥 Facilitating role 💥 Celebrate diversity And explores key systems-level challenges to using this approach and how we might work together to address them, including: 👉 recognising that results-based management is extractive and passes the burden onto partners 👉 MEL should be embedded into the social change process rather than an add-on 👉 Changing the framing of rigour and what counts as knowledge 👉 Recognising that mutual trust and accountability is an essential part of partnership building and institutional strengthening The document captures learning from a session on MEL in October 2023. Contributors include: Rosette Nanyonjo from Count Me In! (CMI!) a consortium of feminist funders and organisations based in the Global South and North. Rana Khoury and Jenny Sonesson from The Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation Rom Romalwati and Fitria Villa Sahara from PEKKA Foundation Kaushi Kogar and Alma Magana from JASS (Just Associates) Carol Miller and Ghada Jiha from Gender at Work Lori C. from Power Up! Consortium Noura Shahed and Kim Groen from Save the Children International Lila Aizenberg from Leading from the South Jaynie V. from Oxfam Novib Frédérique Been from Partos Great piece of collective learning 👏 👏👏 #feministMEL #evaluation
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Gender at Work reposted this
📢 The AI4D Gender Knowledge Synthesis Webinar on #HumanRights and #AI with Dr. Angella Ndaka Ph.D., Mitchel Ondili & Dr. Ojenge Winston, PhD is now available for viewing! A thought-provoking conversation, centering the #MaputoProtocol at the heart of possible avenues to free tech from bias and discrimination. Check-out the webinar & the AI4D Series: https://lnkd.in/dR9bkdNi #FeministAI AI4D Africa | IAPD Afrique Gender at Work Africa Centre for Technology Studies International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Women At The Table #InclusiveAlgorithms #MaputoProtocolAI #GenderInformedTechnology African Union
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