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. /CapHeight 693 We would like to invite you all to. 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. << 0000001903 00000 n /Widths 22 0 R 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. Par ailleurs, 2,2millions de personnes ont besoin d'aide humanitaire. F +49 (30) 285 34-109 17 No. >>

/FontDescriptor 27 0 R /MaxWidth 2614 2, pp. And we have so much to learn from other beings in nature. >> /BaseFont /Arial-BoldMT It is possible and it has been done in various contexts, with different recipes, experiences, formulas, etc. (Year of publication). /ItalicAngle 0 /Subtype /TrueType /Type /FontDescriptor 160-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/09534810410530593, Copyright 2004, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. endobj 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 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. endobj /Widths 25 0 R

Achieving Transformative Feminist Leadership: A Toolkit for Organisations and Movements. Every individual bird focuses attention on their seven closest neighbours and thus manage a larger flock cohesiveness and synchronicity (at times upwards of over a million birds). - Sierra Pickett. 21 0 obj 0000002401 00000 n Oxfam America is a 501(c)(3) organization. /Name /F4 There are hummingbirds and flowers that are in such deep coordination they need each other for survival. One of the key elements of collective feminist leadership is developing shared trust and transparency, and a level of coordination and organization.

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. /FontDescriptor 24 0 R /StemV 40 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. Transformative and Feminist Leadership for Women's Rights, Coronavirus relief, vaccines, and recovery, West Africa hunger crisis & Sahel drought, Download Transformative and Feminist Leadership for Women's Rights. 0000009397 00000 n 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. /FontDescriptor 21 0 R << To go to the structural roots of the mainstream leadership paradigm and narrative, we need to look at the bigger picture: the current hegemonic Western-dominated society which is based on a (neo)colonial capitalist and neoliberal patriarchal system which encompasses all forms of discrimination, violence, oppression and dominance. 0000005227 00000 n 0000001946 00000 n /LastChar 122 0000027706 00000 n 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. Languages: English, French. /Ascent 891 This toolkit was developed to help individuals and organisations dedicated to advancing a feminist social change agendaan agenda that believes that all development and social justice must be rooted in gender and social equality. We would like to invite you all to learn more about this initiative 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.

This collective elaboration is only possible thanks to the diverse, deep learnings, struggles, wisdom, knowledge, analyses and visions that arise from the practice, documentations and dialogues of groups, organisations, movements and collective spaces from all over the world. Collective feminist leadership does not mean lack of structureless-ness. You can join in the discussion by joining the community or logging in here.You can also find out more about Emerald Engage. >> Building collective feminist leadership does not mean that individual exercise of power, accountability and responsibility are ignored, quite the contrary. /AvgWidth 441 I reviewed earlier studies with reference to the different feminist approaches, demonstrating how each reveals a different facet in the understanding of gender and transformational leadership. /Type /Font This celebrity/hero/inspirational leader paradigm needs to be addressed as it profoundly clashes with a feminist vision of the future.

/Name /F6 /Name /F3 Kark, R. (2004), "The transformational leader: who is (s)he? 0000000795 00000 n It is a how rooted in practice. Oxfam GB is a member of the international confederation Oxfam. endobj The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact has made all this even clearer - we need community and belonging. Schumannstrae 8 We need to build the We. 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. We chose to intentionally use these words as they are widely used and instrumentalized and we see collective feminist leadership as a tool to transform their significance and practice. << 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. 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). >> It will take persistent and continuous work to embed a different way unlearning the hegemonic paradigm - to perceive ourselves as beings that are part of a collective. Visit emeraldpublishing.com/platformupdate to discover the latest news and updates, Answers to the most commonly asked questions here. 22 0 obj 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. It is a matter of learning, sharing, adapting, building on, co-creating and connecting practices, and finding. endobj endobj Or you can also browse all knowledge resources. How vibrant and alive and successful could our movement be if we moved with such coordination and collaboration? - Karissa Lewis. /Filter /FlateDecode /Type /FontDescriptor Development organizations and donors have an important role to play in valuing and making these strategies and practices visible, so that such practices can be shared and better contribute to the achievement of a more just future. ?]*yL .-@,-yph+p\;Yur7_wYxM8{;p{'tit-] cd_Rp.5OV|Bwo6=Y^440`- `|0Xztaqvts=1rnv-K1}%W?VFG`St^d|_y}>nkK7x=3]6`0cn[=me0bANld0`0`0`oB>w[b`03==1tOi ), 226 Causeway Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, 1101 17th St NW, Suite 1300, Washington, DC 20036-4710. 28 0 obj %PDF-1.7 Framing feminist leadership in an individualistic framework, typical of the neoliberal patriarchal system, structures and narrative, equals to removing its transformative power. It is fundamental that we co-build feminist spaces that can sustain this practice. endobj In this self-centred system of rewarding/awarding (based on ego, scarcity, recognition, expectations on the individual (visible and invisible) and self-achievement) the individual is foregrounded and recognized; not the impact, not the cause, but theperson. endobj /Subtype /TrueType /Flags 32

We believe feminist democracies, centred in collective feminist leadership, power, and plural in its ways and existing practices, to be possible. It is possible and it has been done in various contexts, with different recipes, experiences, formulas, etc. 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.

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Both feminism and Transformative Feminist Leadership are de ned and explained in more detail in the following section (Module 1). /Length1 397720 34 0 obj 10117 Berlin /XHeight 250 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. /ItalicAngle 0 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. /FirstChar 32 << X%B pd? Lp$~bw,/`;H%EH)Qd^s&rds$\\'^T|@[_,ymOggg7 4wg:i5}H-DD*9'6v2,~bc/gU

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And when something is radically transformative, it involves a deep and inner level of transformation, collective unlearning, and collective accountability and persistency. %PDF-1.3 % This narrative generates and perpetuates dominance, competition, and oppression - everything that we need to dismantle as feminists, together. Donate now.

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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.

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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. 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. It is based on the assumption that such processes require a di erent type of leadership, what we may term Transformative Feminist Leadership (TFL).

/FontName /ArialMT /LastChar 57 /FontBBox [-568 -216 2046 693] En avril 2020, le pays comptait plus de 848000personnes dplaces internes, dont 84% de femmes et denfants. In nature everything works in collaboration. 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. Framing feminist leadership in an individualistic framework, typical of the neoliberal patriarchal system, structures and narrative, equals to removing its transformative power. /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding

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Heinrich-Bll-Stiftung e.V. 0000096344 00000 n 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. <<

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Migratory birds are an example, as we learn in the book Emergent Strategy from Adrianne Maree Brown that: Starlings murmuration consists of a flock moving in synch with one another, engaging in clear, consistent communication and exhibiting collective leadership and deep, deep trust. What Does Feminist Leadership Look Like in a Pandemic? 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. [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] www.boell.de Place of publication: name of publisher. To the sceptical, it should be enough to say that the current hegemonic individualistic leadership paradigm was constructed and embedded as part of a status quo by people, and anything that has been built can be transformed! 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.

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 [], Le Burkina Faso connat actuellement l'une des crises les plus proccupantes au monde, laquelle vient sajouter la pandmie du COVID-19. /Leading 33 How might this type of leadership help us to navigate our way through these splintered, uncertain times?

We learn from how other beings in nature organise themselves and thrive collectively, whereas beings that are guided by an individual leader and organised in competitive and individualistic power structures - including human beings increasingly struggle to survive. Make sure your gift to Oxfam America goes directly to where it's most needed, without delay, with a secure online donation. 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). When words become buzz words, we should question whether the status quo is co-opting something that is aiming to transform the status quo. 26 0 obj /Registry (Adobe) hCHL/BAPQ~'J:{lEt,_px8^3MfPO%InY[3I0-::a ?u@ $2*Z8A (dR#V\XHX5 ` QAv\200{$".f`(g0";L2fp=Au1oFv*6^W1nd(a87c$F)1;60,bb8K'_L@` j| endstream endobj 1402 0 obj 541 endobj 1383 0 obj << /Type /Page /Parent 1375 0 R /Resources 1384 0 R /Contents 1388 0 R /MediaBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /CropBox [ 0 0 612 792 ] /Rotate 0 >> endobj 1384 0 obj << /ProcSet [ /PDF /Text ] /Font << /TT2 1386 0 R /TT4 1389 0 R /TT6 1390 0 R /TT8 1393 0 R >> /ExtGState << /GS1 1397 0 R >> /ColorSpace << /Cs6 1385 0 R >> >> endobj 1385 0 obj [ /ICCBased 1395 0 R ] endobj 1386 0 obj << /Type /Font /Subtype /TrueType /FirstChar 32 /LastChar 122 /Widths [ 250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 667 667 0 722 667 667 0 778 389 0 0 611 889 722 722 611 0 667 556 611 0 667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 0 444 500 444 0 500 556 278 0 0 278 778 556 500 500 0 389 389 278 0 0 667 500 0 389 ] /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding /BaseFont /IKIKMJ+TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic /FontDescriptor 1387 0 R >> endobj 1387 0 obj << /Type /FontDescriptor /Ascent 891 /CapHeight 656 /Descent -216 /Flags 98 /FontBBox [ -547 -307 1206 1032 ] /FontName /IKIKMJ+TimesNewRoman,BoldItalic /ItalicAngle -15 /StemV 142.397 /XHeight 468 /FontFile2 1396 0 R >> endobj 1388 0 obj << /Length 973 /Filter /FlateDecode >> stream