Balancing on the Cusp
G@W Senior Associate Michal Friedman reflects on the benefits of peer learning, action learning, emergent learning approach for organisations
Our Reflections
At Gender at Work, we are committed to reflection as both a political and pedagogical act, using it to reveal insights, challenge assumptions, and adapt our practices. Our approach to learning is emergent: shaped by context, grounded in feminist values and open to the unknown. We see learning as both a method and a muscle: something strengthened through practice, vulnerability and shared reflection.
What am I trying to do here? Learning to be a consultant in someone else’s world
G@W Senior Associate David Kelleher reflects on his work with IDRC to advance gender equality in development research.
Learning from our AI Research and COVID journey: What does it take to have more inclusive and gender responsive AI-driven health research?
In this final blogpost of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Carol Miller and Marie-Katherine (Kate) Waller reflect on the key threads of this blog series that emerged from Gender at Work and research grantees’ collaboration in an 18-month gender action learning process in the AI4COVID program. They also highlight how researcher journeys, and the GAL process demonstrated the importance of creating safe spaces for learning and the value of multidisciplinary collaboration in supporting social transformation.
How do I understand mentoring?
G@W Senior Associate David Kelleher reflects on his changing understanding of having and being a mentor.
Gender and health data on the Venezuelan migrant population in Colombia
In the tenth blogpost of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Sandra Patricia Martínez-Cabezas reflects on her research in the COLEV project, which focused on using responsible AI and data science to address COVID-19 challenges in Colombia.
Mes aventures avec la COVID-19 sous la lanterne de l’intersectionnalité
Dans le neuvième blog de la série Recherche sur l’IA et COVID : voyages vers l’égalité des genres et l’inclusion), Hélène Diéne partage son expérience de la pandémie, où elle travaillait dans une clinique COVID-19 comme assistante de recherche et tombe elle-même malade par la suite.
My adventures with COVID-19 under the lantern of intersectionality
In the ninth blogpost of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Hélène Agnès Diéne shares her experiences during the pandemic, working in a COVID-19 clinic and later falling ill herself.
Walking Alongside: A practice to transform unequal power relations
G@W Associate Nina Benjamin reflects on her role in the facilitation team for the project with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to support science granting councils (SGCs) across the African continent to advance gender transformation in relation to science, technology and innovation (STI).
Viviparous creatures that desire to lay eggs
G@W Associate Khanysa E. Mabyeka reflects on her role in the facilitation team for the project with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to support science granting councils (SGCs) across the African continent to advance gender transformation in relation to science, technology and innovation (STI).
Meeting the world, the work, and colleagues in new ways: Working emergently in sustaining an online learning community
In early 2020, Gender at Work (G@W) was invited by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), to partner in a project to support science granting councils (SGCs) across the African continent, to advance gender transformation in relation to science, technology and innovation (STI).
Le genre m’a collé à la peau: Intérêt de l’analyse genre dans une recherche sur l’IA
Dans le huitième blog de la série Recherche sur l’IA et COVID : voyages vers l’égalité des genres et l’inclusion), Tidiane Ndoye explique comment ses expériences ont nourri sa passion pour les questions de genre dans le domaine de la santé et son rôle en tant qu’expert principal en matière de genre dans le projet de recherche AI4COVID, Utilisation de l’intelligence artificielle pour lutter contre le COVID-19 au Sénégal et au Mali.
Gender Marked Me: The Value of Gender Analysis in AI Research
In the the eighth blog post of the AI Research and COVID: Journeys to Gender Equality and Inclusion series, Tidiane Ndoye shares how his experiences nurtured his passion for gender issues in health, and his role as a lead gender expert in the AI4COVID research project, Using artificial intelligence to combat COVID-19 in Senegal and Mali.