Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program

Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program

This article was published in The Development in Practice [©2023 Rights managed by Taylor & Francis] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2220989 The Article's website is at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/permissions/10.1080/09614524.2023.2220989...

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Main Authors: Qayum, Nayma, Hassan, Mirza, Aziz, Syeda Salina
Format: Journal article
Jezik:English
Izdano: Brac University 2024
Teme:
Community empowerment
Social development
Women empowerment
Social norms
Gender equality
Online dostop:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/23686
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spelling 10361-236862024-07-14T05:23:31Z Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program Qayum, Nayma Hassan, Mirza Aziz, Syeda Salina Community empowerment Social development Women empowerment Social norms Gender equality This article was published in The Development in Practice [©2023 Rights managed by Taylor & Francis] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2220989 The Article's website is at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/permissions/10.1080/09614524.2023.2220989?scroll=top Can NGOs implement rights-based gender equality programs when donor focus on the area is shrinking? This paper explores how one development program has made strategic choices incorporating the interests of multiple stakeholders, addressing donor interests while simultaneously addressing the needs of local communities. It examines the evolution of BRAC’s Polli Shomaj, a rural women’s civil society organisation designed to challenge power structures through collective action in rural Bangladesh. It draws on interviews with program staff and existing program literature to find that over time, BRAC leadership has narrowed its program focus to shed its broad transformative agenda to focus solely on gender equality through a combination of service delivery and rights-based approaches. The paper suggests that while it is possible for NGOs to promote gender equality through a combination of rights-based and service-delivery approaches, greater focus is needed on challenging power structures to bring about lasting structural change. 2024-07-14T05:13:46Z 2024-07-14T05:13:46Z 2023-06-21 Journal article http://hdl.handle.net/10361/23686 en Brac University Taylor & Francis
institution Brac University
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language English
topic Community empowerment
Social development
Women empowerment
Social norms
Gender equality
spellingShingle Community empowerment
Social development
Women empowerment
Social norms
Gender equality
Qayum, Nayma
Hassan, Mirza
Aziz, Syeda Salina
Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program
description This article was published in The Development in Practice [©2023 Rights managed by Taylor & Francis] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2220989 The Article's website is at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/permissions/10.1080/09614524.2023.2220989?scroll=top
format Journal article
author Qayum, Nayma
Hassan, Mirza
Aziz, Syeda Salina
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Hassan, Mirza
Aziz, Syeda Salina
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title Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program
title_short Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program
title_full Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program
title_fullStr Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program
title_full_unstemmed Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms: BRAC’s Polli Shomaj program
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