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Future Directions for Feminist Gender Training

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The final chapter of the book sets out a number of priorities that have been identified for ‘going deeper’ with the field of gender training. First, it is argued that a more substantive approach to working with privilege in gender training needs to be developed. Second, new methodologies can be developed drawing from other fields such as applied theatre in order to encourage creativity, empathy and action among training participants. Finally, the chapter explores feminist ways of being in gender training and how techniques and ideas from meditation and mindfulness can be used to summon up the ‘transformative courage’ required to construct feminist gender training. This involves approaching gender training through honesty, compassion and a commitment to groundlessness. Taken together, these ideas help move gender training beyond its often technocratic form towards a creative, liberating process with the potential to evoke tangible, lasting transformation across individuals and institutions towards gender equality.

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Ferguson, L. (2019). Future Directions for Feminist Gender Training. In: Gender Training. Gender and Politics. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91827-3_5

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