COFEM Knowledge Summit: Recordings & Resources

1. Why does a feminist perspective matter in work to prevent and respond to VAWG?

Additional Resources:

Guidance

COFEM (2017) “How a lack of accountability undermines work to address violence against women and girls”, Feminist Perspectives on Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Series, Paper No. 1, Coalition of Feminists for Social Change

COFEM (2017) “Reframing the language of ‘gender-based violence’ away from feminist underpinings”, Feminist Perspectives on Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Series, Paper No. 2, Coalition of Feminists for Social Change.

Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM), ‘Staying accountable to women and girls’, Feminist Pocketbook Tip Sheet 4, 2018.

IRC “Engaging Men through Accountable Practice – Resource Package” https://gbvresponders.org/prevention/emap-tools-resources/

Ward, Jeanne. It’s not about the gender binary its about the gender hierarchy: A reply to “Letting Go of the Gender Binary” https://www.icrc.org/en/international-review/article/its-not-about-gender-binary-its-about-gender-hierarchy-reply-letting-go

2. Staying accountable to women and girls.

Additional Resources:

Guidance

COFEM (2017) “How a lack of accountability undermines work to address violence against women and girls”, Feminist Perspectives on Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Series, Paper No. 1, Coalition of Feminists for Social Change

COFEM (2017) “Reframing the language of ‘gender-based violence’ away from feminist underpinings”, Feminist Perspectives on Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Series, Paper No. 2, Coalition of Feminists for Social Change.

Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM), ‘Staying accountable to women and girls’, Feminist Pocketbook Tip Sheet 4, 2018.

IRC “Engaging Men through Accountable Practice – Resource Package” https://gbvresponders.org/prevention/emap-tools-resources/

Ward, Jeanne. It’s not about the gender binary its about the gender hierarchy: A reply to “Letting Go of the Gender Binary” https://www.icrc.org/en/international-review/article/its-not-about-gender-binary-its-about-gender-hierarchy-reply-letting-go

Examples

Chakraborty, Proshant, David Osrin & Navreen Daruwalla. “’We Learn How to Become Good Men’ Working with Male Allies to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls in Urban Informal Settlements in Mumbai, India”, Men and Masculinities. http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1097184X18806544?fbclid=IwAR2lj3fOxGMXroIIeHGaMO5yOt_jaqXbqOd62uGOEhqKkL9Fk6jt-RxTjbQ

DeGue, Sarah, Linda Anne Valle, Melissa K. Holt, Greta M. Massetti, Jenniefr L. matjasko, and Andra Tenen Tharp. “A systematic review of primary prevention strategies for sexual violence perpetration” 2014 July-August; Aggressive, Violent Behar. 19(4): 346-362 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5875446/?fbclid=IwAR2Nt3CbL-YDETxkyuObY20BnfqTYd70lf7CS1n0XY0I9jmhvWfGjFll6I4

Pierotti, Rachael S., Milli Lake and Chloe Lewis. “Equality on His Terms: Doing and Undoing Gender through Men’s Discussion Groups”, Gender & Society, Vol 32 No.4, August, 2018, 540-562.

Alina Potts, Research Scientist, The Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University, Speech given at the International Summit on Tackling Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Sexual Harassment in the Aid Sector.

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3. Feminist movement building

Additional Resources:

Coming Soon!

4. Why does GBV programming focus on women and girls?

Additional Resources:

COFEM (2017) “Reframing language of ‘GBV’ away from feminist underpinnings”, Feminist Perspectives on Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Series, Paper No. 2, Coalition of Feminists for Social Change.

COFEM (2017) “Funding: Whose priorities?”, Feminist Perspectives on Addressing

Violence Against Women and Girls Series, Paper No. 4, Coalition of Feminists for Social Change.

Read-Hamilton, S. (2014) Gender-based violence: a confused and contested term. Humanitarian Exchange #60 (London: ODI), p. 5-8. http://odihpn.org/magazine/gender-based-violence-a-confused-and-contested-term/

Ward, Jeanne. (2017) It’s not about the gender binary its about the gender hierarchy: A reply to “Letting Go of the Gender Binary” https://www.icrc.org/en/international-review/article/its-not-about-gender-binary-its-about-gender-hierarchy-reply-letting-go

United Nations, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, United Nations, New York, 20 December 1993.  Available at: <http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/48/a48r104.htm>.

5. Connecting GBV, sexual harassment and everyday sexism.

Additional Resources:

Coming Soon!

6. Feminist approaches to building knowledge and evidence on GBV.

Additional Resources:

Guidance

Ackerly, B., & True, J. (2008). Reflexivity in Practice: Power and Ethics in Feminist Research on International Relations. International Studies Review, 10(4), 693–707. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2486.2008.00826.x

Ackerly, B., & True, J. (2010). Doing feminist research in political and social science. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bamberger, M., & Podems, D. R. (2002). Feminist evaluation in the international development context. New Directions for Evaluation, 2002(96), 83–96. https://doi.org/10.1002/ev.68

Coalition of Feminists for Social Change (COFEM), ‘Feminist approaches to building knowledge and evidence on GBV’, Feminist Pocketbook Tip Sheet 5, 2018. https://cofemsocialchange.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/TS5-Feminist-approaches-to-building-knowledge-and-evidence-on-GBV.pdf

Global Women’s Institute. (2017). Gender-Based Violence Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation with Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations: A Manual and Toolkit for Researchers and Practitioners. https://globalwomensinstitute.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/zaxdzs1356/f/downloads/Manual%20and%20Toolkit%20-%20Website.pdf

Examples

McLean, L., & Modi, A. T. (2016). ‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls. Gender & Development, 24(3), 475–491. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552074.2016.1239777

Namuggala, Victoria. (2018). Girlhood, Violence, and Humanitarian Assistance. 107-137. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96628-1_6

Namy, S., Carlson, C., O’Hara, K., Nakuti, J., Bukuluki P., Lwanyaaga, J., Namakula, S., Nanyunja, B., Wainberg, M., Nakera, D., Michau, L. (2017). Towards a feminist understanding of intersecting violence against women and children in the family. Social Science & Medicine, 184 (2017) 40e48.

Debate

“Ten Reasons Not To Write Your Master’s Dissertation on Sexual Violence in War.” (2013). Guest blog post on “The Disorder of Things”: https://thedisorderofthings.com/2013/06/04/ten-reasons-not-to-write-your-masters-dissertation-on-sexual-violence-in-war/