Gender and Development in Practice (Gadip)
This is Gadip
GADIP aims at facilitating exchanges of knowledge and experiences between researchers and practitioners. Fom July 2011 Gadip receives no funding but remains as an informal network. Read more about the network below.
Gadip 2007-2011
In the decision on support for a second period (2007-2009) Sida/SAREC pointed at the importance of bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners. Therefore, the work to bring practitioners together was initiated, and in Autumn 2007 the network Gender and Development in Practice, (GADIP) was established.
GADIP aims at facilitating exchanges of knowledge and experiences between researchers and practitioners - for example by translating academic discourse into NGO language and telling academia about needs of NGOs in relation to research. It is a forum for dialogue between practitioners and researchers, where practitioners have the possibility to be updated on latest research within their areas of interest, and where researchers are confronted with experiences in the field.
GADIP is a democratic organization in which practitioners and scholars co-operate and learn from each other, implying a reflexive dialogue. It includes more than 60 practitioners from 33 different organizations and a number of academics from different universities in Sweden. GADIP’s activities are organized by its members through the advisory committee consisting of an equal number of practitioners and academics. A secretary financed by GADNET is responsible for the administration and coordination.
Activities
The first GADIP meeting between academics and advocates was held in 2007. In 2008, two GADIP-workshops were arranged in Gothenburg. The theme of the first workshop was Gender and Globalisation. The keynote speakers were academics who talked about challenges to gender equality in relation to religious revitalisation, sustainable development, HIV prevention, human rights, and gender violence. During GADIP’s following-up meeting, the practitioners and scholars exchanged experiences and contributed democratically to the evolution of GADIP. The theme of the second workshop was Gender and Sexuality in Theory and Practice. In 2009, the first workshop was held in March on Masculinities in a Global Perspective. The second workshop in October 2009 was a joint Gadip/Gadnet event on the theme Gendered Resistance at Times of Economic Crisis. The workshop speakers have been internationally renowned researchers, policy makers and activists. All the events have been very successful with generally more than 50 participants from both civil society and academia.