Mannell, J;
(2014)
Adopting, manipulating, transforming: tactics used by gender practitioners in South African NGOs to translate international gender policies into local practice.
Health Place
, 30
pp. 4-12.
10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.010.
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Abstract
This paper looks at what is lost and gained through the process of translating international policy from a global to a local space. It does this by sharing results from a multisite ethnographic study of gender practices in foreign-funded South African health organisations. This study identifies a number of tactics used by practitioners to deal with the funding constraints and unique knowledge systems that characterise local spaces, including: using policy to appeal to donors; merging gender with better resourced programmes; and redirecting funding allocations. These tactics point to how practitioners are adopting, manipulating and transforming international policies in order to suit their everyday working realities.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Adopting, manipulating, transforming: tactics used by gender practitioners in South African NGOs to translate international gender policies into local practice |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.010 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.07.01... |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | De Certeau, Gender inequality, Non-governmental organisations, Policy translation, Strategies and tactics |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470738 |
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