Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Working on gender equality in organizations: the state of play in 1994
Doing 'training' differently in support of organizational change
Strategic choices and trade-offs
Evolution, learning and adaptation
The structure of this book
Notes
References
1. The context in 1994
Gender relations in Bangladesh in 1994
BRAC's early days
What BRAC was doing to promote gender equality in 1994
Notes
References
2. Strengthening BRAC's ability to advance gender equality
The team: what we were trying to do
Administering diagnostic tools to establish a baseline
Findings of the needs-assessment exercise
Developing and negotiating an action-learning plan
How is action learning different from training?
Notes
References
3. Implementing GQAL in BRAC
Designing and testing GQAL in BRAC
The GQAL review process
Research findings
Results synthesis
Limitations of staff GQAL
Lessons learned
Notes
References
4. Implementing GQAL in the community
The evolution of GQAL in the community: concepts and practices
Working on gender equality and social norms at multiple levels
Piloting GQAL in communities
Integrating GQAL in the Ultra Poor Programme
GQAL as a stand-alone programme
Changing lives in one generation
Notes
References
5. Conclusion
Factors that contributed to GQAL's success
Community GQAL
Current literature and GQAL
Measuring gender-equality change
What are the messages for theory and practice in other organizations?
Limitations
Final words
Notes
References
Appendix 1: BRAC gender-equality milestones.
Appendix 2: Interview schedules and questionnaires
Appendix 3: List of people interviewed
Appendix 4: Staff GQAL survey questionnaire (English version)
Appendix 5: Criteria for issue selection
Appendix 6: Steps towards gender mainstreaming, 1994-2016
Index.