Más contenido relacionado Más de Gender at Work . (9) Feminist Theory in Context: Then and Now9. Donella(Meadows,(in(“Leverage(
Points”(said:((
• “(Folks(who(do(systems(analysis(have(a(great((belief(in(
‘leverage(points.’(These(are(places(within(a(complex(system(
(a(corpora<on,(an(economy,(a(living(body,(a(city,(an(
ecosystem)(where(a(small(shio(in(one(thing(can(produce(big(
changes(in(everything.(
• “This(idea(is(not(unique(to(systems(analysis—it’s(embedded(
in(legend.(The(silver(bullet,(the(trimtab,(the(miracle(cure,(
the(secret(passage,(the(magic(password,(the(single(hero(or(
villain(who(turns(the(<de(of(history.(The(nearly(effortless(
way(to(cut(through(or(leap(over(huge(obstacles.(We(not(
only(want(to(believe(that(there(are(leverage(points,(we(
want(to(know(where(they(are(and(how(to(get(our(hands(on(
them.(Leverage(points(are(points(of(power.”(
Donella(Meadows,(“Leverage(Points(–(Places(to(Intervene(in(a(System”,((The(
Sustainability(Ins<tute,(1998(
20/09/13(SBatliwala(9(
12. • 38$Local$governments$and$45$na<onal$governments$were(
influenced(and(to(reOassess,(strengthen,(and(improve(
their(gender(equality(policies,(programs(and(outcomes(
• 14$other$interna<onal$and$regional$human$rights$/$
women’s$rights$ins<tu<ons$and$mechanisms(were(
influenced(to(beser(advance(women’s(rights(
(Interna<onal(Criminal(Court,(Inter(American(Court(of(
Human(Rights(,(CEDAW(Commisee,(OECD(DAC,(
Organiza<on(of(Arab(States,(SADEC,(etc.,etc.),(including(a(
new(interna<onal(rights(instrument(O(the(ILO(Conven<on(
189(on(Domes<c(Work(O(was(approved(
• 45$groundbreaking$new$tools$and$innova<ons$developed(
for(building(awareness,(assessing(and(improving(
government(policies,(programs(and(services,((12(20/09/13(SBatliwala(
19. In(“”The(age(of(endings,(Paul(
Kingsnorth(says:((
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• “If(I(were(a(scien<st,(I(might(say(we(were(living(in(an(age(of(
entropy…..(Wherever(you(choose(to(look,(old(certain<es(and(
old(reali<es(appear(to(be(dissolving…(Human(endings(too…((
• “All(of(these(changes(are(caused(by(one(phenomenon:(a(
burgeoning(human(economy(that(serves(a(global(consumer(
society(in(which(desire(poses(as(need(and(all(needs(are(there(
to(be(met.(Blame(who(you(like(for(this(situa<on:(…(it(doesn’t(
really(maser.(The(age(of(endings,(the(age(of(accelera<on,(is(at(
hand,(and(each(of(us(is(strung(out(in(its(web.(
Paul(Kingsnorth,(“The(Age(of(Endings”,(Transforma<on,(openDemocracy,(
hsp://www.opendemocracy.net/transforma<on/paulOkingsnorth/ageOofOendings,(August(2013(
20/09/13(SBatliwala(19(