The Rise and Fall of the Australian Women’s Bureau

Russell, Lyndal; Sawer, Marian

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“…This gap may be somewhat surprising, given the links between GM and feminist theory. While it is often argued that GM emerged from networking and promotion of the strategy by femocrats at the Beijing con-ference~Russel and Sawer, 1999;Sawer, 1996!, less attention has been paid to how mainstreaming as a concept was transferred from the realm of feminist theory to policy application~Carney, 2003; True and Mintrom, 2001;Woodward, 2001!. In particular, feminist theories about engagement with the state and normative arguments regarding women's oppression, subordination and inequality constitute the foundation on which GM is constructed~Carney, 2004!.…”

Section: Theoretical Issuesmentioning

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Gender vs. Diversity Mainstreaming: A Preliminary Examination of the Role and Transformative Potential of Feminist Theory

2005

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Abstract.This paper considers why gender mainstreaming (GM), a strategy that many have claimed holds promise for transforming public policy and working towards social justice, is inherently limited and flawed. The paper begins with a brief overview of GM, specifically focusing on the Canadian context, and highlights current discussions in the literature regarding issues of implementation and best practices. It then moves on to reveal that a critical but overlooked dimension of GM is its theoretical foundation. In contextualizing GM within a contemporary feminist theory framework, the paper seeks to illuminate the problematic relationship that currently exists between GM and feminist theory and, moreover, demonstrates why the theoretical premises of GM need significant reworking. The argument put forward is that if insights of recent feminist theorizing are taken seriously, it becomes clear that GM should be replaced by an alternative and broader strategy of diversity mainstreaming. Through the use of practical examples, the paper illustrates how diversity mainstreaming is able to better capture, articulate and make visible the relationship between simultaneously interlocking forms of oppressions that include but are not limited to gender.Résumé.Cet article étudie pourquoi l'intégration d'une perspective de genre (IPG), une stratégie dans laquelle beaucoup ont vu la promesse d'une transformation de la politique publique et d'un progrès vers la justice sociale, est en soi limitée et défectueuse. L'article débute par un bref exposé sur l'IPG, s'intéressant principalement au contexte canadien, et il met en évidence les discussions actuelles dans la littérature au sujet de problèmes de mise en oeuvre et de pratiques exemplaires. Il révèle ensuite qu'une dimension critique mais négligée de l'IPG est son fondement théorique. En contextualisant l'IPG dans un cadre de théorie féministe contemporaine, l'article cherche à éclairer la relation problématique qui existe actuellement entre l'IPG et la théorie féministe et, de surcroît, démontre pourquoi les prémisses théoriques de l'IPG nécessitent une révision significative. L'argument avancé est que, si l'on prend au sérieux les conclusions des théories féministes récentes, il semble évident que l'IPG devrait être remplacée par une stratégie plus vaste d'intégration d'une perspective de diversité. S'appuyant sur des exemples pratiques, l'article montre que l'intégration d'une perspective de diversité réussit à mieux capturer, mettre en rapport et rendre visible la relation entre des formes d'oppression qui s'entrecroisent simultanément et qui incluent mais ne se limitent pas au genre.

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Section: Theoretical Issuesmentioning

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Gender vs. Diversity Mainstreaming: A Preliminary Examination of the Role and Transformative Potential of Feminist Theory

2005

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“…3.2. 197 | Despite the clear double mandate, the introduction of gender mainstreaming was in reality frequently abused by state actors to roll back or entirely abolish women-specific programming, machinery and structures, see (Russel/Sawer 1999;Charlesworth 2004;Brodie 2008;Chappell et al 2008;Steinhilber 2008;Verloo 2008). 198 | UN 2002, 2.…”

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Equality Governance via Policy Analysis?

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2018

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“…Thus, we would expect WPS NAPs to be taken up by democratic states where women's political presence is most manifest and supported by a broader women's movement (Stetson and Mazur, 2010). Finally, a diverse group of scholars emphasize the processes of learning either from a state's own experience of conflict and security, often termed 'localization'; from policy experiments, which could be conceived of as 'innovation'; or from peer states within the same region, a form of emulation that facilitates policy diffusion (Acharyra, 2004;Russell and Sawer, 1999). The evidence for regional patterns of diffusion of WPS NAPs examined in the previous section suggests that these processes of learning and emulation are plausibly at work.…”

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Explaining the global diffusion of the Women, Peace and Security agenda

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2016

International Political Science Review

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The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) is the most significant international normative framework addressing the gender-specific impacts of conflict on women and girls including protection against sexual and gender-based violence, promoting women’s participation in peace and security and supporting their roles as peace builders in the prevention of conflict. In the decade since 2004 when the UN Secretary-General first called for Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans to implement the 1325 agenda in national-level peace and security institutions and policies, 55 countries have adopted them. This article analyses the global patterns of Women, Peace and Security policy diffusion, especially the effects of conflict, democracy and women in power on the propensity for states to implement Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans. Examining patterns of diffusion enables an assessment of how far the Women, Peace and Security agenda has spread and what the prospects are for the further diffusion of Women, Peace and Security.

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The Rise and Fall of the Australian Women’s Bureau

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Gender vs. Diversity Mainstreaming: A Preliminary Examination of the Role and Transformative Potential of Feminist Theory

Gender vs. Diversity Mainstreaming: A Preliminary Examination of the Role and Transformative Potential of Feminist Theory

Equality Governance via Policy Analysis?

Explaining the global diffusion of the Women, Peace and Security agenda

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