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Gender Training and Feminist Pedagogies

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An important aspect of maximising the transformative potential of gender training is the application of feminist pedagogical principles throughout all aspects of the training process. This is explored in detail in this chapter, which discusses not just feminist pedagogical principles, but also what makes a feminist gender trainer. This chapter also highlights a range of unresolved and unfinished issues within the field of gender training, especially when it comes to implementing feminist pedagogical principles—in particular the tensions between technocratic demands and feminist politics and practice. It is argued that feminist gender training requires individual, collective and institutional ‘transformative courage’ in the face of such challenges.

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    Other gender training manuals cover specific sectoral areas or issues, such as the Environment and Energy (UNDP), Gender-based Violence (Restless Development) or Gender and Climate Change (Global Gender and Climate Alliance).

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Ferguson, L. (2019). Gender Training and Feminist Pedagogies. In: Gender Training. Gender and Politics. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91827-3_4

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