Promundo is a global leader in promoting gender justice and preventing violence by engaging men and boys in partnership with women, girls and people of all gender identities. The Journeys of Transformation methodology emerged from the vision that, although women’s economic empowerment programming has powerful benefits on its own, it can be made even more effective at advancing gender equality when men are deliberately engaged as allies. This paper examines the programmes that operate in conjunction with women’s economic empowerment initiatives to engage men as partners and ensure that they understand the positive effects of shifting gender roles around earning power. 10 pp.
Nurturing Connections© was developed and piloted by Helen Keller International (HKI) in 2012. It has been adapted for homestead food production and nutrition and tested in market development initiatives. This publication describes how the curriculum seeks to challenge and transform inequalities related to power relations, traditions and socio-cultural norms that can pose an obstacle to achieving better nutrition and production outcomes. 8 pp.
Community Conversations involve a series of dialogues among community members on deep-rooted societal norms and taboos that hinder women from actively participating in farmer organizations. The aim is to promote understanding of the issues involved and explore deeper structural issues concerning women’s participation. The publication discusses how Community members engaged in the discussion, are expected to come up with solutions to address problems that have been identified and stimulate change with the aim of sustaining and expanding these solutions. 8 pp.
The Dimitra Clubs are a community-driven approach that facilitates socio-economic empowerment, women’s leadership and self-help. They are informal groups of rural women and men who decide to join together on a voluntary basis to identify their common problems and solve them using local resources. This paper examines how the transformative approach contributes to gender equality and improve rural livelihoods. 12 pp.