ICRISAT
Happenings In-house Newsletter
4 July 2014 No. 1630
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Participants in animated discussions at the second Gender Forum meeting.
2nd ICRISAT Gender Forum meeting
Scientists urged to think of gender as an ongoing social process
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t the second ICRISAT Gender Forum meeting scientists were exhorted to think of gender as an ongoing social process. This strategy would overlay ICRISAT’s research to identify how and where gender needs to be integrated or connected. Many such ideas were deliberated at the second ICRISAT Gender Forum meeting held at ICRISAT-Mali on 26 June. Scientists debated the multiple definitions of gender that ranged from gender disaggregated data; identification and justification of
a specific target group; gender analysis that focuses on power and difference; to research teams including women and men to reflect the targeted community’s composition. This led to the practical issue of “what goes in the gender column of our work plans?” and the reflection that each research project will have its own requirements. Participants highlighted that being gender responsive meant going beyond research protocols that integrate gender, and moving on to incorporating to page 2 ...4