The Movement for Gender Equity has come of age. During that
period, there have definitely been advances not just in the
thinking that informs the Movement but the practice that has
accompanied this thinking.
In the early days of the Movement, a part of the conventional
wisdom was that numbers constituted a critical variable in
women being able to exert collective influence on governance
and decision-making. The concept of the critical mass was
a point of political action . Counting was a measure of the
achievement of gender equity and the programme for action
was to get more ….
The question is: Has this been achieved, and, where it has,
what difference has this made?
In any event have the demands and structures for governance
and decision-making changed? If so, what are the implications
for the involvement of women and for gender equity?
This presentation will explore this theme and will attempt
to demonstrate that the new paradigms of governance
, leadership and decision-making present specific challenges
to previous assumptions.
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