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Date Added to Site: 15th November 2006 |
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Short Summary
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Walking the Talk: Inner Spaces Outer Faces – a Gender and Sexuality Initiative
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CARE and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) |
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January 2006 |
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CARE and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) |
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Short Summary
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Initiating a dialogue around sex and sexuality was identified as a priority need by CARE reproductive health programme staff working in India and Vietnam. In their experience, field staff would promote condoms and talk about birth spacing or the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) while overlooking the importance of intimacy in sexual relations and the reality of gendered power relations. This paper describes 'The Inner Spaces, Outer Faces Initiative' (ISOFI) - a collaborative learning partnership between CARE and the International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) - which was initiated in India and Vietnam to respond to this concern. ISOFI is anchored in the idea that practitioners need space to explore their own values, attitudes, experiences and beliefs about gender and sexuality, and that personal learning and change in relation to gender and sexuality is crucial to enhancing organisational effectiveness in addressing these sensitive issues. Activities included gender and sexuality training which challenged staff participants' preconceived notions of gender roles and sexual identities. Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) exercises such as body mapping were also used to achieve greater depth and commitment to transformation in the area of gender and sexuality.
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