INTERSECTIONAL GIVING – RECONNECTING RACE, SOCIAL & GENDER JUSTICE FOR MORE EFFECTIVE GRANTMAKING

EPIP Webinar October 19, 2016 EPIP Host: Tamir Novotny Presenter: Riki Wilchins

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Speakers Riki Wilchins, True Child

GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE

PHILANTHROPY

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RIKI WILCHINS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Gender Equity

Ensuring equal access to resources, power, opportunity

Gender Norms

Socially-constructed ideals, scripts, expectations for “doing” Boy and Girl

Gender Transformative

Programs that highlight and challenge rigid gender norms

1. Terms & Definitions

6 DEGREES OF GENDER

Geeta Rao Gupta

4 Kimberle Crenshaw

GENDER TRANSFORMATIVE

1. Terms & Definitions

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“STRONG GENDER ANALYSIS”

1. Terms & Definitions

What it often looks like… Gender Equity [No gender norms analysis]

Women & Girls [No men & boys or LGBTQ analysis]

Gender Equity [No race or class analysis]

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GENDER NORMS ARE LEARNED

ESP DURING “GENDER INTENSIFICATION” PERIOD

Interest accelerates

Belief starts to solidify

Primary rite of passage

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•  Over-policing/punishing of youth of color •  Punishes “too much” masculine behavior in boys,

“insufficiently” feminine behavior in girls

•  Targets them just when they are under greatest pressure to figure out the gender system

SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE

GENDER NORMS HAVE EFFECTS

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GENDER NORMS HAVE EFFECTS

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HIGHLY REGULATED

MALE FEMALE

2. Gender Norms

10 Courtesy of Boondocks 2. Gender Norms

GENDER NORMS TAKE PRACTICE

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IMPACT ENHANCED IN LOW-INCOME ENVIRONMENTS

Codes may be

especially narrow

Strong peer pressure “on

the street”

Penalties for transgression

often particularly

harsh.

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AFFECT ALL YOUTH

2. Gender Norms

GENDER NON-CONFORMING

GENDER CONFORMING

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MASCULINITY

More and earlier sex

More risky behavior (sex, drugs, cars)

More likely to drop out of school early

More likely to run afoul of Zero Tolerance

More bullying and partner violence

Dr. Joseph Pleck

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FEMININITY

More likely to have unplanned pregnancies

More likely to defer to male sexual prerogatives

More likely to drop out of school early

More likely to tolerate abuse and sexual coercion

More dependent, less economically empowered.

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GATEWAY BELIEF SYSTEM

Repro Health & Intimate

Relationships

Economic Security

Education

Leadership & Empowerment

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QUESTIONS

CAN'T WE JUST FOCUS ON GENDER EQUITY?”

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STRONG RESEARCH BASE

5. Research & Programs

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Gender norms are “central to improving both individual and societal R/H”

“Deconstructing masculinity with young men 13-19” to eliminate violence against women and girls

Gender norms “key to effective HIV prevention for MSMs

The powerful influence of gender norms is a foundation of gender inequality. 5. Research & Programs

STRONG PROGRAM BASE

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“Gender roles and norms influence, if not define, behavior in interpersonal relationships” “Astounding as it may seem, the central role of gender has been largely ignored.” “We are studying in a gender vacuum.”

“Love, sex, and power. Considering women's realities in HIV prevention.” H Amaro . Am Psychol. 1995 Jun;50(6):437-47, 1995 . 6. What’s Next

US: HISTORICAL DISCONNECT

US Disconnect: Policy

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Training

Programs

Opportunity

Individual

Full Autonomy

Rational Decisions

2. About Gender 2. Gender Norms

Beliefs

Attitudes

Practices

Social Context

Lack Full Agency

Ideals/Pressures

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SO IT’S ALL GENDER NORMS?

No! These are intersectional problems.

Next big “drop on the meter” in effectiveness.

Because when you teach young people to think critically about harmful gender norms you get better outcomes than if you ignore them.

Because beliefs drive behavior!

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A GROWING RECONNECT

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EASY TO DO… AND EFFECTIVE

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