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Feminist Leadership and Self- and Collective Care

Why highlight resources on feminist leadership and on self- and collective care in a knowledge hub on violence prevention? At the Prevention Collaborative, we believe that both concepts are essential to effective and transformational work to reduce violence against women and their children. As Indian feminist scholar Srilatha Batliwala (2011) observes, feminist leadership is not simply about “capacitating more women to play leadership roles, but to lead differently, with feminist values and ideology, and to advance the agenda of feminist social transformation in a way that other forms of leadership do not and cannot”.

Moreover, feminist leadership is only sustainable when women are able to balance all aspects of their lives—hence the focus on self- and collective care This page provides a set of resources for individuals and organisations seeking to deepen practice and reflection on the meaning, process, and practice of feminist leadership and organisational culture, as well as self- and collective care.

TRANSFORMATION IS NOT BORN OUT OF RIGID, CONSERVATIVE AND BUREAUCRATIC WAYS OF BEING. AN ORGANISATION CANNOT CREATE WITHIN THE WORLD WHAT IT CAN’T CREATE WITHIN ITSELF. THE AUDACITY AND BOLDNESS TO CHALLENGE OPPRESSIVE POWER, EMBRACE DIVERSITY, VALUE RESPECT AND FAIRNESS STARTS WITH YOU.

CHIGUDU, H., & CHIGUDU, R. (2015)

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Feminist Leadership Learning Brief

COFEM (2020)
This Learning Brief is part of a series produced by COFEM to share knowledge and spark discussion around complex themes in global work to end violence against women...
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Oxfam GB (2020)

Feminist Principles

As an intersectional feminist ally, Oxfam believes in ending sexism and that women should be free of political, social, and economic oppression and exploitation. In support...

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One Future Collective (2019)

Self-Care for Caregivers

Self-care involves taking care of one's physical, emotional and mental health. It also involved being aware of oneself and engaging in activities that gives oneself energy and taking responsibility for one's own...

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ActionAid (2018)

Top Ten Basics of Feminist Leadership

Our embrace of transformative feminist leadership arises from our wider commitment to intersectional feminism as an ideology, an analytical framework and a social change strategy. Feminism’s...
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