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To rephrase Audre Lordes expression, we cannot build the new world with the current tools of the system of competition and oppression. The programme aimed to promote leadership skills among girls aged between [], In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are weighing the many possible answers to the questions of how did we arrive here?, what comes after COVID-19? and what kind of society do we want to build after this global shock? The pandemic has been so extraordinary in nature that in order to [], Survivantes et Hrones: Les femmes dans la crise au Burkina Faso, Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls education and leadership, Feminist Futures: Caring for people, caring for justice and rights. 0000027706 00000 n awid grantee >> /FontDescriptor 24 0 R

%PDF-1.7 The whole nature of feminist leadership is about building collective leadership and power, so that there is no dynamic of leader/follower, protagonist/spectators, hero politician/voters, etc.

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There is clarity and interconnection of roles, decision-making tools and processes, balance between accountability to mission/goal/common good and collective nurturing, as well as radical honesty to surface and resolve conflict. To sustain it in practice, there is a core focus on collective responsibility and accountability, strengthening resilience, and everyone has a specific role to play building on their energies, talents, and passions. Our FAQs page has some examples of this approach. En avril 2020, le pays comptait plus de 848000personnes dplaces internes, dont 84% de femmes et denfants. The Feminist Hiking Collective and Srilatha Batliwala have recently launched an initiative called From me to we. Collective feminist leadership is essential to build a feminist future together for the common good of all nature. We believe feminist democracies, centred in collective feminist leadership, power, and plural in its ways and existing practices, to be possible.

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How vibrant and alive and successful could our movement be if we moved with such coordination and collaboration? - Karissa Lewis. /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding Place of publication: name of publisher. GS>dC(Jr(=Z8 lUlG35p D159y{kVu@h]yS- }+|Z{ \{[pXj p[n u]+:@:3^^?>=_|K0eki{>^=}8]>/ 4{F {w]u#{n>soP3b-@ @{/XLy17$>>\fI}o~8 G 3-/a7?W&Gw}`Fpk]FP;^D|8 ~p9*WpDX@X /LastChar 57 This also means freeing ourselves from the neoliberal narrative of personal success, from the metrics that directly or indirectly pressure us to be the youngest, bravest, the first etc. Languages: English, French. >> 0000004512 00000 n We need to re-signify the fundamental importance of our collective power, accountability, interconnectedness, interdependence and collective care, and co-build structures and narratives that encourage others to take responsibility and belong in diverse collective spaces. And when something is radically transformative, it involves a deep and inner level of transformation, collective unlearning, and collective accountability and persistency. +Mai5,p-;LOR]deWU|5zh>a~p+nxXfn[,Kt.+Wr^+qfp.KI[h{0?I#L`L_lt"\g:wppToq{aI|OGMABM{ Vv(^]`. We would like to invite you all to.

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Leadership is a tricky word in itself.

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22 0 obj Donate now. The trickiest thing about feminist leadership being talked about in mainstream and institutional narratives is the risk of it being framed in an individualistic, neoliberal way.

Transformative feminist leadership recognises the leadership capacity of every person in a change process because leadership is about committing to and taking responsibility for that larger change and contributing to it each in our own way. /Flags 32 info@boell.de.

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Collective Feminist Leadership: Unlearning the Me, Me, Me, The trickiest thing about feminist leadership being talked about in mainstream and institutional narratives is the risk of it being framed in an individualistic, neoliberal way. same time, we see a more evident necessity of strong, sustainable, decentralised and resilient social movements. We know from unofficial history that transformative systemic change happens this way from movements, collective work, long-term sustained work by small-scale focus combining, but mainstream narratives keep diminishing that, and we keep learning about idols, icons and masses.

Finally, I point to the perspectives that have been neglected in this stream of research and offer directions for future research. 2022 Oxfam America Inc. All rights reserved. >> The complex threats to womens rights today, particularly in societies dealing with conflict, poverty, and inequality, requires a critical mass of feminist leaders to lead the way in shifting oppressive power dynamics that keep harmful systems in place. /MaxWidth 2614

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Womens organizations and movements are creating alternative models, ones that foreground feminist principles, creatively dismantling and creating alternatives to oppressive structures and norms, to manifest collective visions for change. Here are similar items you might be interested in. and possibly send a submission or spread the word across movements, groups and communities we have webpages currently in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish and submissions can be sent in all those languages.

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/Ascent 905 Lets not allow for this to happen! This article has been edited by, is based on and includes writings elaborated collectively with Lucy Richmond, Kim Kaborda, Ria Ryan, Giulia Meneghetti and Giulia Bruzzone; the analyses and learnings in this article are the result of the collective work of everyone at the Feminist Hiking Collective.

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When something is radically aiming to transform the status quo, it risks co-optation by the status quo.

/FontBBox [-665 -210 2000 728] The initiative is a collective and iterative process that aims to collect and distribute a creative mapinterweaving and describing the practices of collective feminist leadership, through an opencall for submissions renewed on a yearly basis. /Subtype /TrueType trailer << /Size 1403 /Info 1379 0 R /Root 1382 0 R /Prev 589943 /ID[<8c9fdbc19a0d1df518246d2b2747f061>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 1382 0 obj << /Type /Catalog /Pages 1376 0 R /Metadata 1380 0 R /PageLabels 1374 0 R >> endobj 1401 0 obj << /S 586 /L 702 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 1402 0 R >> stream 0000001718 00000 n /Ordering (Identity) Les femmes se retrouvent au cur de cette [], The Power to Lead Alliance (PTLA) is a three-year (2008 /2011) project implemented by CARE in six countries: Honduras, Yemen, India, Malawi, Tanzania, and Egypt.

23 0 obj /Widths 25 0 R endobj 2, pp. Both feminism and Transformative Feminist Leadership are de ned and explained in more detail in the following section (Module 1). This paper explores how various approaches in feminist thought intersect with the study of gender and transformational/charismatic leadership. When words become buzz words, we should question whether the status quo is co-opting something that is aiming to transform the status quo. Citation styles vary so we recommend you check what is appropriate for your context. You may choose to cite Oxfam resources as follows: Author(s)/Editor(s). Oxfam America is a 501(c)(3) organization. It is a how rooted in practice. << /Length1 397720 /Type /FontDescriptor Collective feminist leadership does not mean lack of structureless-ness. /Name /F3

Migratory birds are an example, as we learn in the book Emergent Strategy from Adrianne Maree Brown that: This article has been edited by, is based on and includes writings elaborated collectively with Lucy Richmond, Kim Kaborda, Ria Ryan, Giulia Meneghetti and Giulia Bruzzone; the analyses and learnings in this article are the result of the collective work of everyone at the, The Feminist Hiking Collective and Srilatha Batliwala have recently launched an initiative called, . /Name /F4

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(Looking to make a monthly donation, fundraise for Oxfam, or give some other way? And, very importantly, it should not be translated only with women being leaders feminist leadership is about everyone, and especially about identities that have been structurally marginalized and oppressed, playing a key role in co-creation.

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It is vital to strengthen stories of feminist leadership to avoid this co-optation, as for us, feminist leadership = collective feminist leadership.

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PTLA was part of a larger girls education programme, focusing on basic education (access and quality), and gender equality.

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This transformation starts at the inner level, working on the self; it develops with co-learning and co-practicing feminist leadership within feminist spaces and within existing structures, transforming the way leadership is practiced and perceived; and continues by transforming structures towards being suited for a collective feminist leadership vision and for sustaining its practice, grounded in a deep level of organization, trust, collective accountability and collective care. The toolkit is based largely on the concept paper entitled Feminist Leadership for Social Transformation: Clearing the Conceptual Cloud by Srilatha Batliwala, published by CREA in early 2011.

0000003702 00000 n This article is an effort to ground feminist leadership in what the author(s) deem to be its essence: transformative collective power for the common good of all nature. How might this type of leadership help us to navigate our way through these splintered, uncertain times?

Kark, R. (2004), "The transformational leader: who is (s)he? We have all been told in one way or another that this cannot work, right?

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/FontName /Arial-BoldMT vm3MO\ A wide array of feminist theories that have emerged in the last decades offer conceptual lenses, which can enrich an understanding of the role of gender in the organizational context and the study of leadership.

We argue that the essence of feminist leadership with. /Name /F6 >> /Descent -210 The way we have organized the hegemonic society is leading to the destruction of the Earth comprising the destruction of our connection with ourselves, with each other and with the whole nature. << The evidence can no longer be ignored: when women and feminist activists are able to use their collective power to challenge inequalities, they are having a transformational impact. 0000027786 00000 n It is possible and it has been done in various contexts, with different recipes, experiences, formulas, etc. www.boell.de We would like to acknowledge and express our profound gratitude to those groups, collectives, networks, organizations and movements whose work have collectively inspired and grounded our reflections and our practice: JASS, CREA, FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund, Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM-Defensoras), Movimiento de Mujeres Indgenas por el Buen Vivir, AWID, FAMM Indonesia and many more. You may be able to access this content by logging in via your Emerald profile. /FontWeight 400 0000001946 00000 n 8&xP:Ro$tj"wKK4t>Rt ), 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, 1101 17th St NW, Suite 1300, Washington, DC 20036-4710. It is not some abstract theory practiced, signified or called. We would like to acknowledge and express our profound gratitude to those groups, collectives, networks, organizations and movements whose work have collectively inspired and grounded our reflections and our practice: Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Mujeres Defensoras de Derechos Humanos (IM-Defensoras), Movimiento de Mujeres Indgenas por el Buen Vivir.

Achieving Transformative Feminist Leadership: A Toolkit for Organisations and Movements.

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It is now even more evident that a just and equal collective feminist future is an urgent reality that we must build together - in practice, right now, and step by step. The evidence can no longer be ignored: when women and feminist activists are able to use their collective power to challenge inequalities, they are having a transformational impact. /AvgWidth 401

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/FontDescriptor 27 0 R Yet despite our fluency in structural analyses of power, we remain woefully inarticulate about a very specific form of power: privilege. /ItalicAngle 0 What if leaders of all stripes, from diverse sectors, started to follow the kinds of feminist leadership approaches that have been championed by activists from all over the world for decades. This narrative generates and perpetuates dominance, competition, and oppression - everything that we need to dismantle as feminists, together. It would be nave to say that this space would be free from unequal and oppressive power dynamics, but shared accountability and measures to keep that in check and to address that are at the core.

As women increasingly enter leadership roles that traditionally have been occupied by men, and with the increasing diffusion of transformational leadership theory, there is growing interest in the relationship between gender and transformational leadership.

(Departments of Psychology and Sociology, BarIlan University, Ramat Gan, Israel), https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810410530593. Decentralisation is not only needed for collective empowerment, accountability and collaboration, but also to ensure collective protection in the face of raising backlash and polarised societies. We argue that the essence of feminist leadership with leadership intended as the capacity to create change is the collective aspect.

From womens rights organizations and movements breaking down harmful social norms, to political leaders advancing highly progressive policies, there is a growing body of evidence from feminist organizing across the world that when decisions are made more equally and inclusively, and are rooted in locally-owned, intersectional feminist movements and political agendas, they have immediate and long-term human development benefits for all.

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We cannot have self-centred political leaders inspire change; we need change to come from the bottom, from the ground, from what and how we learn, from creating collective stories of change and transformation. << Journal of Organizational Change Management.

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The current widespread crisis of democracies is connected with the concurrent expansion of polarised politics, personalised self-centred political leadership and centralised power, and with the emergence of nationalist, populist and anti-feminist organized mobilisations. At the. Framing feminist leadership in an individualistic framework, typical of the neoliberal patriarchal system, structures and narrative, equals to removing its transformative power. 17 No. In the non-profit sector, were great at talking about structural inequalities. So is power. /Type /Font [250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 500]

involves a deep and inner level of transformation, Nairobi Office - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia/Somaliland, Cape Town Office - South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Sarajevo Office - Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Prague Office - Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Belgrade Office - Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Washington, DC Office - USA, Canada, Global Dialogue, Santiago de Chile Office - Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, San Salvador Office - El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico City Office - Mexico and the Caribbean, Energytransition - The Global Energiewende (EN). Building collective feminist leadership does not mean that individual exercise of power, accountability and responsibility are ignored, quite the contrary. 10117 Berlin /FontBBox [-628 -210 2000 728] Wtaj. endobj << Lets start with unpacking what feminist leadership is not: it is not about women becoming CEOs, it is not about strong inspirational leaders spearheading or driving change, it is not about showing charisma, and it is not only about women. 25 0 obj It takes a lot of courage and humility, and the learnings from pre-capitalist communities, indigenous communities, transformative movements, decentralized groups, self-organized and self-governed communities, movements from many different contexts worldwide, and other beings in nature, are so vast and diverse, that all we need to do is open our hearts and challenge ourselves, learn and share learnings without dominating, extracting or co-opting. Feminist Leadership: Whats Privilege Got to do With it? /Flags 32 We consider there is a need to transform existing dominant democratic governance systems to ones that focus on organised communities for the common good of all nature, in a collective, pluralistic, decentralised manner, and a core aspect for this is collective feminist leadership. Visit emeraldpublishing.com/platformupdate to discover the latest news and updates, Answers to the most commonly asked questions here.

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