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ESCAPING THE MYTHICAL BEAST: GENDER MAINSTREAMING RECONCEPTUALISED
Author(s) -
Eerdewijk Anouka,
Davids Tine
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.2947
Subject(s) - mainstreaming , sociology , gender mainstreaming , gender studies , gender equality , social science , special education , pedagogy
Since the early 2000s, disappointment has grown about the realization of the transformative potential that was ascribed to gender mainstreaming at its launch at the Beijing conference in 1995. The critiques on gender mainstreaming tend to represent gender mainstreaming as a ‘mythical beast’, and as such take for granted the social change it is intended to produce. This special issue seeks to look both beyond and inside the mythical beast. By approaching policy making as a social practice embedded in discursive politics, we seek to advance the theoretical underpinnings of gender mainstreaming and argue for a rethinking of agency and transformation. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.