A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course

Masculinities (just like femininities) are socially produced in varying agricultural contexts and are closely interconnected with men and women farmers’ everyday lives; hence critical reflection on these interconnections should be part and parcel of gender training in agriculture research to ensure...

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Autores principales: Mwiine, Amon Ashaba, Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo, Asiimwe, Elizabeth, Businge, Martha, Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi
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Publicado: Makerere University 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137087
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author Mwiine, Amon Ashaba
Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo
Asiimwe, Elizabeth
Businge, Martha
Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi
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Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo
Mwiine, Amon Ashaba
Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi
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Businge, Martha
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description Masculinities (just like femininities) are socially produced in varying agricultural contexts and are closely interconnected with men and women farmers’ everyday lives; hence critical reflection on these interconnections should be part and parcel of gender training in agriculture research to ensure sustainable gender transformation. Building capacities in gender analysis that includes a focus on men and masculinities is core to transforming deep-rooted social norms and practices that limit attainment of gender equality, yet there is insufficient empirically tested pedagogical models for this purpose. In this paper, we focus on the Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) capacitybuilding model that introduced sessions on men and masculinities in its training curriculum in the context of feminist pedagogy principles. Using selected experiences from transformative gender training for non-gender-specialist biophysical and social science agricultural research practitioners from sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, we take stock of the GREAT model’s motivation to include masculinities, the pedagogical approach used, and participants’ reactions and feedback on the value of understanding masculinities in gender-responsive agricultural research and their experiences with the sessions. We use systematic evidence from internal and external monitoring evaluation and learning data to draw lessons learned through these pedagogical practices and the implications training on masculinities and agriculture has for transforming agricultural food systems.
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spelling CGSpace1370872024-01-05T02:20:50Z A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course Mwiine, Amon Ashaba Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo Asiimwe, Elizabeth Businge, Martha Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi gender agriculture research gender relations Masculinities (just like femininities) are socially produced in varying agricultural contexts and are closely interconnected with men and women farmers’ everyday lives; hence critical reflection on these interconnections should be part and parcel of gender training in agriculture research to ensure sustainable gender transformation. Building capacities in gender analysis that includes a focus on men and masculinities is core to transforming deep-rooted social norms and practices that limit attainment of gender equality, yet there is insufficient empirically tested pedagogical models for this purpose. In this paper, we focus on the Gender-responsive Researchers Equipped for Agricultural Transformation (GREAT) capacitybuilding model that introduced sessions on men and masculinities in its training curriculum in the context of feminist pedagogy principles. Using selected experiences from transformative gender training for non-gender-specialist biophysical and social science agricultural research practitioners from sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, we take stock of the GREAT model’s motivation to include masculinities, the pedagogical approach used, and participants’ reactions and feedback on the value of understanding masculinities in gender-responsive agricultural research and their experiences with the sessions. We use systematic evidence from internal and external monitoring evaluation and learning data to draw lessons learned through these pedagogical practices and the implications training on masculinities and agriculture has for transforming agricultural food systems. 2023-10-09 2024-01-04T12:47:19Z 2024-01-04T12:47:19Z Presentation https://hdl.handle.net/10568/137087 en Open Access application/pdf Makerere University Mwiine, Amon Ashaba; Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo; Asiimwe, Elizabeth; Businge, Martha; Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi. 2023. A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course . Presentation. Presented at the CGIAR GENDER Conference 'From Research to Impact: Towards just and resilient agri-food systems', New Delhi, India, 9-12 October 2023. Makerere University
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Mangheni, Margaret Najjingo
Asiimwe, Elizabeth
Businge, Martha
Sanya, Losira Nasirumbi
A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course
title A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course
title_full A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course
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title_full_unstemmed A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course
title_short A critical focus on men and masculinities in a feminist pedagogy: Lessons from the GREAT training course
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agriculture
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gender relations
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