CHAPTER EIGHT From Gender Mainstreaming towards Mainstreaming Intersectionality

Hankivsky, Olena; Hunting, Gemma

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“…Taken together, they frame categories of difference as social constructions that shape social relations and the material conditions of individuals, they uncover and elevate subjugated knowledge, and they resist and transform hegemonic discourses and systems of oppression. By engaging the supplementary aspects of each theory in qualitative inquiry, one may attend to intersectional considerations of how multiple oppressive forces intersect at the structural level, the ways in which they mediate one another, the inequities that they produce, and the lived experiences of individuals at varying intersectional social locations where oppression and privilege manifest (Hankivsky & Hunting, 2022). Shifting then to a feminist poststructuralist‐informed lens, one may consider what discourses, dominant or otherwise, are operating in conscious or unconscious ways to constitute individual subjectivities, how individuals ascribe meaning to their experiences, how individuals deploy agency in instances of oppression (or privilege), and how this might serve to undermine or destabilize existing power relations (Aston, 2016).…”

Section: The Potential Of An Integrated Framework In the Study Of Wom...mentioning

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A critical examination of epistemological congruence between intersectionality and feminist poststructuralism: Toward an integrated framework for health research

Willett

Etowa

2023

Nursing Inquiry

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The theoretical perspectives of intersectionality and poststructuralism have contributed meaningfully to advancing issues of social injustice within the realm of women's health research. However, the question of whether the two approaches are epistemologically commensurate has been at the heart of a polarized debate within third‐ and fourth‐wave feminist literature in recent years. In this paper, we draw on the extant literature to explore existing dilemmas within this debate and critically reflect on points of epistemological tension and congruence between the two perspectives. It will be demonstrated that intersectionality and poststructuralism, especially feminist poststructuralism, represent concordant theoretical perspectives and a synthesized theoretical framework for application in qualitative research into women's health will be proposed. We argue that an intersectional feminist poststructuralist framework contributes to a deepened analysis of women's disparate healthcare experiences, and the social mechanisms, power relations, and discourses that mediate these experiences, while offering avenues for advocacy and political praxis on a multitude of levels.

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Section: The Potential Of An Integrated Framework In the Study Of Wom...mentioning

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A critical examination of epistemological congruence between intersectionality and feminist poststructuralism: Toward an integrated framework for health research

Willett

Etowa

2023

Nursing Inquiry

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“…Gender mainstreaming is therefore critiqued for becoming a “strategy” lacking coherence in both application and implementation guidance, with limited agreement in the policy or academic literature as to what precisely gender mainstreaming means or how it should be done. Criticism has reached “critical mass” (Hankivsky & Hunting, 2022)—largely because gender mainstreaming is judged to have failed to deliver substantive improvement in the socioeconomic status of marginalized women (Changachirere, 2019; Huyer & Partey, 2020).…”

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How gender mainstreaming plays out in Tanzania's climate‐smart agricultural policy: Isomorphic mimicry of international discourse

Smith

Mdee

Sallu

2023

Development Policy Review

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MotivationGender mainstreaming is often promoted internationally as the vehicle of choice to achieve gender equality. Concepts of mainstreaming are commonly seen in climate‐smart agriculture (CSA), where it is proposed that they can bridge gender gaps in agricultural input use and productivity. The rhetoric of mainstreaming, however, often relies upon and perpetuates gender myths and assumptions.PurposeWe investigate how gender mainstreaming has spread into Tanzania's agricultural policies. We ask whether the government has the capacity to put these concepts into practice to address gender inequality. We explore this in the context of CSA, an increasingly important aspect of agricultural policy.Methods and approachUsing the literature on policy transfer and isomorphism, we critically analyse gendered discourse in Tanzania's CSA policies to explore how gender is problematised and governed within policy. We use NVivo 12 to inductively code policy documents. We support these insights with the observations of key informants.FindingsWe find little evidence that gender has been effectively mainstreamed in Tanzania's CSA policies. We see a gap between the normative goal of gender mainstreaming and the practices intended to address gender (and intersectional) inequalities. The gap is made all the wider by limited recognition within government‐from national to local—of how such inequalities affect agriculture. Not only are policies detached from local contexts leading to infeasible plans, but also local government lacks both resources and capacity to implement them.Policy implicationsOur study calls into question much of the global discourse on gender mainstreaming, especially the myths that support it. It shows how representing the problem in a particular way can lead to dysfunctional policy.A better approach would be to start with understanding the various inequalities seen in agriculture in Tanzania, inequalities of gender but also of class. It would take into account the capacity to implement policy in the field. A more practical approach, tailored to the realities of rural Tanzania, would benefit the people of Tanzania more than just imitating questionable international discourse.

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Introduction: Intersectionality

Erevelles,

Morrow

2023

Handbook of Disability

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CHAPTER EIGHT From Gender Mainstreaming towards Mainstreaming Intersectionality

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A critical examination of epistemological congruence between intersectionality and feminist poststructuralism: Toward an integrated framework for health research

A critical examination of epistemological congruence between intersectionality and feminist poststructuralism: Toward an integrated framework for health research

How gender mainstreaming plays out in Tanzania's climate‐smart agricultural policy: Isomorphic mimicry of international discourse

Introduction: Intersectionality

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