Working Groups
GADN Working Groups bring together members working on specific issues related to gender and development, there is also a group which shares best practice on programming. Working Groups facilitate joint advocacy, research, networking and knowledge exchange and learning. They are created in response to member demand and are paused or ended when members’ capacity or interest in continuing a group is limited.
Meetings take place every 6 weeks – 3 months, depending on the needs of the group. Outside of the meetings, members share updates and resources or ask questions via email lists.
Each group has two or three co-chairs who are responsible for drafting and consulting with the group on an annual work plan, ensuring the group meets regularly, setting meeting agendas and reporting back to the Advisory Group and Secretariat on activities.
Groups currently paused:
Girls' Education (Paused)
Gender and Disability (Paused)
Gender and Environment (Paused)
Preventing Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) (Paused)
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (email list only - please contact UK SRHR network directly to be added)
Join a Working Group
Working Groups are open to all GADN members to participate as representatives of their organisation or as individuals. You can join as many groups as you wish.
If you are a GADN member and would like to join a Working Group, email coordinator@gadnetwork.org specifying which group you are interested in.
“Being part of GADN is essential for my job and my professional development. It’s where I go to learn, seek advice and be challenged to work more effectively on gender equality.”
- Priya Nath, Gender Equality & Social Inclusion Lead, WaterAid
Women of Colour (WoC) Forum
As part of our commitment to decolonisation and anti-racist practice, GADN supports the Women of Colour Forum, a space for all self-identifying women of colour working in the UK international development sector to connect and build community and solidarity. The forum meets roughly once a quarter, with in-person gatherings in Central London across the warmer seasons, and online events over the winter.
The Forum is open to all self-identifying women of colour in the sector, not only GADN members. Get in touch with comms@gadnetwork.org to find out more.
📷 GADN members at ‘Feminist Responses to Safeguarding’ workshop (May 2019)