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A Critical Analysis of Gender Mainstreaming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2013

Marsha Lyle-Gonga
Marsha Lyle-Gonga*
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Austin Peay State University
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By definition, gender mainstreaming is the process by which a gendered perspective (male and female) is integrated into the fabric of our communities, institutions, and lives (United Nations 1997). We live in a society defined by our values of equality, social justice, and opportunity. In order for these values to permeate into our everyday lives, we must address issues of “separateness” that still seem to prevail in our institutions, particularly in our political science curricula. Di Stefano (1997, 204) presented gender as “a socially constructed and politically enforced notion of what it means to be male or female” and argues that this gendered lens is “political because it has the power to impose meaning and value to our activities and social relationships.” Mainstreaming is a transition from a male-defined curriculum to a more gender-balanced curriculum that better reflects the improved status of women in society.

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Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
Information
Politics & Gender , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 209 - 213
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2013 

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