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HECA Regional Learning ProcessElluminate Feb 9th 2011

‘Women’s empowerment through food security and livelihoods programming’

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1. Introductions 2. Overview of LR & today3. Recap of Video4. Summaries by countries5. Plenary Discussion of Key questions6. Next steps7. A.o.b.

HECA Regional Learning Process 2011 Jan 25 2011 (Pilot)

Agenda

Introductions

Be Humankind

Understanding & meaning of

Gender Justice

Meaning / vision for LH &

FS in HECA

Approaches / HOW to

achieve this vision

Putting Poor Wom

en’s rights at the heart of all we do

Blog & Email & Grow-Sell-Thrive & Karl etc. To discuss amongst ourselves & with

others

LH Event

Jan Feb Mar April May

GeneralGender Justice

Videos Part I & II Elluminate LH & GJ

Approaches:Part III (materials)

& Part IV (Elluminate)

LEARNING

Development of HECA LH & FS Framework; PS Workshop & Research; Urban; LH Comms

Process & Role of ‘Gender Facilitators’

a) Organise & facilitate watching & discussing video; summarising comments / questions

b) Send comments / questions to RCc) Participate in Elluminate sessionsd) Disseminate Materials for Part III & gather group

input from LH Staffe) Collate exercise input from LH Staff from Part IIIf) Participate in Elluminate Session for Part IVg) Participate in May Learning Eventh) Contribute to learning materials (e.g. Case

studies)

Women’s Rights in all parts of life…

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WeWe call it the “women’s

empowerment pie”!

Politics

Society

The Economy

Gender and other inequalities

AgeRace

Ethnicity

Education

Religion

Caste

Sexuality

Disability or illness

Family status

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Many useful terms…

Women’s Rights

Women’s Empowerment

Gender Justice Gender

Analysis

Gender Equality

Gender Equity

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There are two arguments…

Women’s Rights arguments:

All human beings share the same equal and

unalienable rights and those rights are the

foundation of freedom, justice and peace.

Instrumental arguments:

policies and practices that benefit women will have

other positive outcomes for society and the economy as

a whole.

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• WHO Has Watched the video PART 1?• Who had a discussion about the video?• Who sent comments / questions to RC?

Part 1 ...

• WHAT DID you talk about ? WHAT did you think? Did anything surprise

you? What were the main questions / comments /

issues that came up?

• What did you do in your country to watch the video & who participated?

1. Debate around Instrumental vs

Rights ...!

3. Questions about

Terminology

6. Empowerment goal ... Equality – why not women MORE equal...?

2. Women are diverse .. Not homogenous!

- Class- culture

- pastorals8. WHAT

About Approaches?

5. To Mainstream or

keep seperate?

7. CONTEXT ... Different – diff appraoches?

4. What about MEN? Potential Negative effects of Women’s

empowerment ?

Part 1 ... Key Questions / Issues / Comments Arising

Where has there been progress in your country

on gender equality? Least progress? Why?

What do you think that gender equity and equality could / should look like in this region?

What questions do you have for Ines & Thalia?

Part 1 – Some final questions

Next Steps?

Next Steps – Complete Part I & II

• Viewing across countries of Part I (if haven’t already done so) & Summary of Part I prepared & sent round (28 Feb).

• Disseminate Part II (this week)• Viewing & discussion of Part II in countries SEND IN Comments / Questions by 3rd March!

Next ELLUMINATE March 9th!

Circulate background reading (powerpoint / dox?) Guided facilitated discussions around

Not Elluminate – send thru comments to RC & g-s-t

Part 3 – LH Meaning & priorities & vision

Part 4 – a) WEL in Ag Markets / b) Mentoring in Pastoral programmes

Two seperate Elluminate sessions in March

EVENT May 9th – 13th (Rwanda?)

WHERE to find MORE

http://growsellthrive.org/

https://karl.oxfam.org.uk/communities/heca-food-security-livelihoods-cop/files/

Putting POOR Women’s rights at the heart of all we do