The Global Hub of the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment Research Programme Consortium (RPC) is based at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), UK, and at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) in New York. It is concerned with the actors, norms, beliefs, ideas, networks and institutions associated with global policy processes that impact on women’s empowerment. Its aim is to work with and support those feminists active in global arenas – in civil society networks, inside governments, in international development agencies, academia or in the media – with new ideas and knowledge for making more informed decisions as to where and how to invest their energies to ensure that their work and actions truly support women’s empowerment.
Research projects include:
- Feminist Activists in Global Policy Organisations;
- Conceptualising Empowerment in Global Spaces and the Shaping of International Policies and Practice about Women;
- Women’s Voice in Policy Spaces Shaping the Global Economy;
- Exploring Positive Approaches to Sexuality.
The website hosts research papers, as well as information on and learning from the initiatives of the Global Hub, including the report of a workshop that brought together leading feminist policy practitioners working in international development organisations to share and reflect on their experiences. See:
http://www.pathwaysofempowerment.org/Global/october_workshop_reportv3.pdf