@prefix vivo: . @prefix edm: . @prefix ns0: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . vivo:departmentOrSchool "Applied Science, Faculty of"@en, "Community and Regional Planning (SCARP), School of"@en ; edm:dataProvider "DSpace"@en ; ns0:degreeCampus "UBCV"@en ; dcterms:creator "Kirson, Frances L."@en ; dcterms:issued "2009-01-13T00:00:00"@en, "1995"@en ; vivo:relatedDegree "Master of Arts in Planning - MA (Plan)"@en ; ns0:degreeGrantor "University of British Columbia"@en ; dcterms:description """Despite the fact that the feminization of poverty continues to grow and women in general remain subordinated to men, the notion of gender as a specific lens for planning practice has not yet affected a transformative change in development planning practice. Furthermore, there remains a failure to recognize that women are not a homogenous group and that even when planning is gendered, it must also recognize the diversity of women and the contexts in which they live (Javed, 1993). All too slowly, development proponents are realizing the advantages and necessity of supporting women's strategic gender need to be agents of their own change in the development process. This thesis synthesizes current gender and development theory by drawing on the literature, professional experience, and information gained through a feminist participatory research process. The ultimate aim is to examine and contribute to current criteria used for gender planning, particularly as it pertains to planning with women in contexts of diversity. The approach taken in doing this research has been qualitative and participatory in nature, and is based on a feminist analysis. The chosen methods for this research consist of: a) a literature review of gender and planning theory; b) a participatory workshop with women involved in development or community planning work; c) several informal interviews with women involved in development or community planning work who specifically work with women; and d) participation in several conferences relating to women or gender. Results from the study indicate that there are nine elements which are important to gender planning which is diversity-sensitive and works towards the kind of people-centred development envisioned by the research participants. These are: contextual, complex, gender-active, mutual accountability, critical participation, consciousness-raising for action, personal capacity building, support for fundamental change, and dynamic process modeling. These nine elements, while equally weighted, can be organized into three thematic groupings: 1) structural dimensions, 2) means of participation and 3) potential for change. These conclusions have important implications for planning policy and process, for the roles of planners in the process, and for the education of planners."""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://circle.library.ubc.ca/rest/handle/2429/3601?expand=metadata"@en ; dcterms:extent "6219605 bytes"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note "CRITERIA FOR DIVERSITY-SENSITIVE GENDER PLANNING by FRANCES L. KIRSON B.A., Sociology, The University of British Columbia, 1989 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES SCHOOL OF COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING We accept this thesis as conforming to the required standard THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA March 1995 © Frances L. 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Zambia Association for Research and Development (1991) \"Women's Status Criteria\" in Changing Perspectives, ed. by Tina Wallace with Candida March, Oxford: O X F A M Publications. 122 APPENDIX I Invitation To Workshop Participants Dear Friend: Thank you for agreeing to join me for a workshop on women and development. I look forward to an enjoyable day of exchanging ideas and questions on the subject of women's lives, development agendas, the urban experience, and much more about how women experience their lives in the development context. In preparation for my masters thesis in community development and international planning, I am trying to understand the)implications that a gender analysis, or women and development approaches have for planners, but particularly for women in various cultural settings. In the process of researching this topic and in my own experience many questions have come to me. Is gender and development a middle-class, white, western construction that is meaningless to women in developing countries, or is there a useful place for its . application? Is talking about gender significantly different than talking about women, when working with people at the community level? How can we transform sound theory into strategic and meaningful practice without alienating women who do not think in terms of \"theory\"? How can we be generally sensitive to gender, or women's needs while still being respectful of particular cultures and contexts?' Keeping these questions, and others you may have, in mind, my hope is to use the ideas that arise from our workshop session to inform the development of criteria which will be useful for planners - community or professional - who want to develop programmes which are sensitive to women's needs as well as community needs. I feel it is critically important to have the benefit of a broader vision of what gender-~\\ sensitive criteria for planning would look like. As such, I welcome your participation in a workshop on this topic. Please feel free to contribute your own ideas about how we might prioritize our discussion. I feel that your experience in community development is very valuable to this process and look forward to learning from your ideas. I would hope that the ideas expressed in the workshop will become part of my M.A. thesis, which of course will be available for use by all participants. Perhaps we can take a few minutes at the beginning of the day to discuss what products we would like to see evolve from our day together. I assure everyone complete anonymity (unless you indicate you wish otherwise). 1 Please fell free to call me anytime at the above number if you need further clarification on any aspect of the day.See you soon! Many thanks in advance. Sincerely, Frances 123 A. 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