Adopting, manipulating, transforming: Tactics used by gender practitioners in South African NGOs to translate international gender policies into local practice

Mannell, Jeneviève

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.010

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“…First, our research extends contemporary discussions which suggest a shift from an analytic focus on transfer of healthcare interventions from a dominant context to peripheral contexts, and towards translation processes (e.g. Kothari & Armstrong, 2011 ; Lawrence, 2017 ; Mannell, 2014 ; Montesanti et al , 2017 ). This translation lens allows us to anticipate plural futures for palliative care, beyond the dominant hospice and hospital-based forms (cf.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

“…In healthcare translations, we attend to organizations’ strategic decisions to engage communities (e.g. Mannell, 2014 ; Montesanti et al , 2015 ), particularly by powerful actors such as policy makers, program directors, and managers, without necessarily attending to the ongoing processes by which participation coheres among members at the frontline. This perhaps arises out of a methodological constraint, where “ in vivo and in situ studies of editors or translators based on direct observation in real time” are rare ( Zilber, 2006 , p. 300).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Indeed, public health researchers increasingly highlight the problems of uncritical policy and practice transfer, emphasizing instead the translation of interventions (e.g. Kothari & Armstrong, 2011 ; Margaret Dolcini et al , 2010 ; Mannell, 2014 ; Montesanti et al , 2015 ). Unlike studies of replication, diffusion, or transfer that denote actors as passive recipients of ideas, translation approaches emphasize context and actors’ reflexivity ( Czarniawska & Joerges, 1996 ; Sahlin & Wedlin, 2008 ).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Translation of a community palliative care intervention: Experience from West Bengal, India

Vijay¹,

Zaman²,

Clark³

2018

Wellcome Open Res

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Background: The community form of palliative care first constructed in Kerala, India has gained recognition worldwide. Although it is the subject of important claims about its replicability elsewhere, little effort has gone into studying how this might occur. Drawing on translation studies, we attend to under-examined aspects of the transfer of a community palliative care intervention into a new geographic and institutional context. Methods: Over a period of 29 months, we conducted an in-depth case study of Sanjeevani, a community-based palliative care organization in Nadia district, West Bengal (India), that is modelled on the Kerala approach. We draw upon primary (semi-structured interviews and field notes) and secondary data sources. Results: We identify the translator’s symbolic power and how it counteracts the organizational challenges relating to socio-economic conditions and weak histories of civil society organizing. We find that unlike the Kerala form, which is typified by horizontal linkages and consensus-oriented decision-making, the translated organizational form in Nadia is a hybrid of horizontal and vertical solidarities. We show how translation is an ongoing, dynamic process, where community participation is infused with values of occupational prestige and camaraderie and shaped by emergent vertical solidarities among members. Conclusions: Our findings have implications for how we understand the relationship between locations, institutional histories, and healthcare interventions. We contribute to translation studies in healthcare, and particularly to conversations about the transfer or ‘roll out’ of palliative care interventions from one geography to another.

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Translation of a community palliative care intervention: Experience from West Bengal, India

Vijay¹,

Zaman²,

Clark³

2018

Wellcome Open Res

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“…This call for policies at the global level must be translated into local policies, which may be challenging due to various understandings of gender within different social contexts. Gender is defined by a particular social, cultural, and historical context, which is specific to the society and is ever changeable (Mannell 2014). The difficulties of achieving gender equity in North America are well documented, yet the magnitude of the problem of gender equity in much of Asia and Africa is perhaps of greater concern (Hayward and Karim 2019).…”

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Bridging the Gender Gap to Realize Capacity Building: Role of SDG 5 for SDG 17

Kumar

Ulseth

Austin

2020

Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

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The UN Women defines gender equality as access to equal rights, opportunities, and resources for women, men, girls, and boys regardless of their gender identity (n.d., para. 1). The definition implies that the gender identity of individuals should not constrain their needs and priorities. The United Nations (UN) defines partnerships as voluntary and consenting association between parties (public or nonpublic) agree to work together toward a mutually agreed set of common goals. They also agree to share risks, responsibilities, resources, and returns from the partnership. (UN 2016, p. 4). Dr. A.H. Monjurul Kabir, from the UN Women, defines south-south cooperation (SSC) as a "framework for collaboration among the developing countries of the global south to advance their political, economic, social, cultural, environmental and technical goals. SSC includes mutual sharing of knowledge, innovation, skills, and resources to meet developmental goals" (2016, para. 1). It differs from the north-south cooperation (NSC). NSC follows a traditional type of cooperation wherein a developed country supports a less developed country with resources. For instance: international aid for development or financial aid during a natural disaster or a humanitarian crisis. (UN 2019, March 19). Triangular cooperation (TrC) refers to a collaboration between developed countries and multilateral organizations with developing countries. TrC advances south-south cooperation by leveraging support from developed countries. The support could be financial, technical, training, or for capacity building. (Kabir 2016, para. 3).

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“…It has been acknowledged that while dealing with issues, aspects and processes that influence health of women and their agency, the structures of patriarchy cannot be ignored. However, "…this focus on patriarchy as the problem can also essentialise local spaces as static and 'traditional' , and ignore broader challenges that arise during the process of translating 'universal' global policy into local context-specific practices" (Mannel 2014). It, thus, becomes an imperative exercise to understand the role of processes which go beyond the traditional and cultural factors and analyse the forces and directories of globalisation as themselves cultural tropes.…”

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ASHA between spaces of state, empowerment and culture: A thematic review

Kaur¹

2019

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Th rough this article the role of state in providing "empowerment" and also "controlling" those women who are a common intersecting ground for both the health care service providers and service utilisers -the community health workers like Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) is highlighted. Th e article is a thematic review based on the role and status of ASHA as a site of neoliberal agency, a state employee under constant surveillance and a woman embedded in the structure of iron cage of bureaucracy. Th is creates an imaginary of the ASHA as a site of confl uence as well as contest between an activist and an employee, providing for a stimulating locale for intersectionality between state, culture and gender. Th e article is based upon readings and reviews of some signifi cant research conducted in role and status of community health workers around the world.KLÍČOVÁ SLOVA ASHA; globalizace; stát; posílení postavení žen; pohlaví ABSTRAKT Cílem příspěvku je zdůraznit roli státu v posílení postavení žen ve společnosti. Zaměřuje se na komunitní zdravotnice ASHA, což jsou akreditované aktivistky v oblasti sociálního zdraví (Accredited Social Health Status Activist). Článek přináší tematický přehled založený na roli a statutu ASHA jakožto členky neo-liberálního orgánu a zároveň státního zaměstnance pod trvalým dohledem, a mimo to ženy zakotvené v pevné hierarchii byrokracie. Příspěvek je založen na literární rešerši a přehledu zásadních výzkumů provedených v oblasti role a statutu komunitních zdravotníků v různých oblastech světa. Zabývá se představou ASHA jako spojníku a zároveň kontrastu mezi pozicemi aktivisty a zaměstnance, což přináší námět pro studium průniků mezi státem, kulturou a pohlavím.

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Adopting, manipulating, transforming: Tactics used by gender practitioners in South African NGOs to translate international gender policies into local practice

Cited by 12 publications

References 25 publications

Translation of a community palliative care intervention: Experience from West Bengal, India

Translation of a community palliative care intervention: Experience from West Bengal, India

Bridging the Gender Gap to Realize Capacity Building: Role of SDG 5 for SDG 17

ASHA between spaces of state, empowerment and culture: A thematic review

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