Author name: Kate

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Empowering Equality: Harnessing Feminism, Positive Masculinity, and Intersectionality in Global Development and Humanitarian Practices

Feminism, Positive Masculinity and Intersectionality – and their use in the international development and humanitarian context These three concepts are commonly used in the practice of gender equality and social inclusion, yet an explanation of how they are manifested, how they are caused and examples of effective interventions to address

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Breaking Barriers: Leveraging Intersectionality for Effective Gender Equality & Social Inclusion Initiatives

Intersectionality from concept to practical tools in the design and implementation of gender equality and social inclusion programs. I have been reading about intersectionality, a termed coined by  Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989 and beautifully explained in her TED talk using  the example of DeGraffenreid v. General Motors  (1976) to illustrate the point.

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The Sidewalk Cesarean and the Urgency of Women’s Rights.

The shocking video of a women lying on the sidewalk while another woman is performing a cesarean section on her and placing the lifeless bodies of her twin babies on her stomach as some onlookers gaze in silence and horror while others record the incident on their phones begs the question – is the life of a poor woman

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