Civil
Society, Gender and Change in the Organisational Culture: Tools to
Construct a Gender Sensitive Organisation
Author: Eschborn
Date: 2001
Publisher: Division 42 -State and Economic Reform, Civil
Society Sectoral Project, Legal and Social Policy Advisory Services
for Women, GTZ
Short
Summary: How do you change the gender culture of an organisation?
Emerging out of a gender equality project of co-operation between
the government departments of Columbia and Germany, this manual
aims to provide some answers. It argues that structures, guidelines
and physical surroundings may have to be changed, but this does
not go far enough. For changes to be deep rooted, an organisation’s
systems of values and beliefs, assumptions and mental models also
need to be challenged. This manual presents ways to challenge these.
The first part provides the concepts, the second offers specific
technical tools. These tools cover: how to carry out gender analysis
in an organisation, how to guide and support collective change,
and how to facilitate a process of personal change. The text is
geared to members of organisations in the private and public sectors,
including NGOs and donors. For a copy of this publication, please
write to: Division 42 -State and Economic Reform, Civil Society,
Pilot Programme Gender, Fax: (+49 6196) 79-1615/1612; E-mail: marion.thompson@gtz.de
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