Incremental transformation for poverty alleviation among rural women in Bangladesh
We discovered some key lessons for developmental practice through a transdisciplinary action-research project in with rural women in Bangladesh. We knew that short-term, linear, externally funded, project-based approaches to complex problems are often unsuccessful and so we had to take a different approach. What we found was that through our action research with Bangladeshi women […]
Read More...Enabling Marginalized Women to Critically Address Issues of Power and Identity
A blog inspired by Duncan, G., & Ridley-Duff, R. (2014). Appreciative inquiry as a method of transforming identity and power in Pakistani women. Action Research, 12(2), 117-135. Many women from the Middle East face many issues with power and identity. For example, law, culture and even family may try to obscure the identity of women, […]
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Relational Action Inquiry as the Trump Talk: Crossing the Gender Rubicon in the USA election
We’ve arrived at the river. The riverbank of the of the Gender Rubicon. The Rubicon is the US election tomorrow and, more importantly, civilizations’s decision about the role of patriarchy in the 21st Century. We get to choose between a bully who brags about grabbing pussy and throwing out the foreigners — his self description
Read More...Design strategies from sexual exploitation and sex work studies among women and girls: Methodological considerations in a hidden and vulnerable population
Abstract on behalf of Lara Gerassi, Tonya Edmond, and Andrea Nichols The study of sex trafficking, prostitution, sex work, and sexual exploitation is associated with many methodological issues and challenges. Researchers’ study designs must consider the many safety issues related to this . Community advisory boards and key stakeholder involvement are essential to study design to increase safety […]
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To be seen or not to be seen: Photovoice, queer and trans youth, and the dilemma of representation
Blog post by Alix Holtby Photovoice is an emerging research method that asks people who typically have stories told about them to get behind the lens and show the world their own point of view. While this method is lauded as empowering for participants, in our study we found that “being seen” is a complicated […]
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