Posted Date: May 20, 2001
Stories of Equitable Development: Innovative Practices from Africa
Stories of Equitable Development: Innovative Practices from Africa.
Moderator: Patricia Morris, former Deputy Director, Commission on the Advancement of Women, InterAction (Director of Programs at Women for Women International as of January 3, 2005)
Presenters: Clementine Ouedraogo, Director of Programs, Promo-Femmes/Developement Solidarite; Milton Obote Joshua, Gender Consultant, Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Analysis, Egerton University
The Commission on the Advancement of Women (CAW) launched the ‘Africa Best Practices’ publication entitled Stories of Equitable Development: Innovative Practices from Africa during the forum workshop. The participants included: Patricia T. Morris, Deputy Director, CAW; Clementine Ouedraogo, Director of Programs, Promo-Femmes/Developpement Solidarite; Milton Obote Joshua, Gender Consultant, Center for Women’s Studies and Gender Analysis, Egerton University. Workshop participants shared the stories and processes of practical strategies, techniques and approaches used by InterAction members and African nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to promote equitable relations between women and men in development projects in Burkina Faso, Ghana, the Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The session highlighted the innovative ways in which gender equity can be achieved and documented. The book is in the form of case stories blending the styles of case studies and stories, focusing on the what and how of intervention strategies and lessons learned.
Patricia Morris introduced the book and provided insight into the ‘story behind the stories’ of the unique processes that culminated in the book. She also recounted the story of how the African center for development in Ghana used traditional social institutions like the chiefdom and Queen Mothers to recruit and support female community leaders’ successful entry into local politics.
Clementine Ouedraogo spoke of the process of achieving rights for women and men through training local tribunal members to administer gender sensitive laws in Burkina Faso. The use of cultural expressions and proverbs to design the gender training process in Kenya was a creative and effective way of gender sensitization used by Milton Obote Joshua and the CWSGA.
The discussion that followed the presentations brought up other stories and experiences. The session became a lesson learnt for those working in the field on gender equity and looking for new and creative approaches.
For a copy of the publication, please contact InterAction's Publication's Department at (202) 667-8227, or order online today.
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