A workshop to remember
In the blog series Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender, Mercy Omuero Edejeghwro relates her learning about gender at a workshop co-hosted by CPED and IDRC, on women as leaders in climate change adaptation.
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.
Crafting and sharing powerful narratives in Guatemala City
In the blog series Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender, writing coach, Ethan Gilsdorf shares his reflections on working with researchers and other staff from think tanks.
My experience with gender sensitive research
In the blog series Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender, Job Imharobere Eronmhonsele describes how he has been able to apply his understanding of gender to influence research in Nigeria on climate change and disaster risk reduction.
‘A man marries his housekeeper and that country’s GDP falls’: On becoming a feminist
In the blog series Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender, Manuel Acevedo describes his own “ah ha” moment, nearly 25 years ago, of gender inequality as a development problem.
My Journey Through Gender Analysis
In the blog series Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender, Mario Chávez Claros, tells the story of his personal journey come to understand the importance of carrying out gender analysis.
The Woman Who Was Born Again
In the blog series Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender, an anonymous participant tells the story of a young woman confronting her own experience of domestic violence and taking action to rebuild her life.
The lost voices in the forest – The case of poor indigenous women in Guatemala
In the blog series Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender, Fabián Juárez, a researcher at ASIES, tells the story of his encounter with a young indigenous woman, Maria, and how, through her story, he came to understand the profound experience of poverty and exclusion of indigenous women in Guatemala.
Why International Development Needs Storytelling
Shannon Sutton, Senior Program Officer with the Think Tank Initiative at the International Development Research Centre, explains the purpose of the Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender blog series
Walking the talk: Think Tanks & Gender
Introducing our latest blog series: Walking the Talk: Think Tanks and Gender