The ‘big picture’ aim of GAMEChange Network is
a global community-led movement for change.
GAMECHANGE VISION
A world where
women and men
from all backgrounds and of all ages are
free from all forms of discrimination
so they can realise their
full potential as agents
for empowerment, happiness and
environmental sustainability
for global humankind.
GAMEChange Network promotes empowerment methodologies to inspire and support action for
a more equal, democratic and sustainable world.
This website brings together global experience of individuals, communities and organisations who use GAMEChange methodologies including:
- tried and tested toolkits to inspire and support action
- learning trajectories for further adaptation and innovation
- reports on implementation and lessons learned.
For specific country experiences, resources and expertise please see:
GAMEChange empowerment methodologies are simple and consistent in clarifying complex realities of life. They flexibly adapt for different activities, stakeholders, contexts and local capacities.
Picture Diagrams empower women and men from all backgrounds to vision, analyse, implement and track their own individual and collective strategies for change.
Transformatory facilitation and inclusive leadership principles inspire and support hundreds and thousands of ‘community champions’ to use and share the methodologies to grow their social networks from community to policy levels.
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Thinking with Picture Diagrams
‘Thinking with picture diagrams’ for visioning, analysis and planning is the basis of GAMEChange methodology. Picture diagrams are a fun way to present very complex information that might take several pages in words. They aid memory because the brain has to process information first, not just copy. They enable more equal communication across inequalities of […]
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Facilitation for Transformation
GAMEChange transformatory facilitation does not aim to teach perfect tools or political correctness. It aims to “Inspire a dynamic and sustainable movement of champions of change. Bringing together thousands of people from all backgrounds, empowered to bring about a better and more sustainable world. “ Changing life is like learning to dance. First we need […]
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iLEAD Inclusive Leadership
‘Everyone can be a leader of change’. GAMEChange i LEAD inclusive leadership methodology adapts picture diagram tools and transformatory facilitation to help EVERYONE to: GAMEChange iLEAD inclusive leadership methodology builds on principles of transformative leadership and distributed/participative/collaborative leadership. i LEAD distinctive features i is for Inclusion, also inspiration, innovation and ??. i is written small, […]
ALL GAMEChange empowerment methodologies mainstream Gender Justice principles as the ‘new normal’.
Gender Action Learning System (GALS) adaptations focus specifically on gender justice. GALS picture diagram templates, facilitation strategies and movement-building processes can achieve significant changes in gender inequalities in any context.
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Gender Action Learning System (GALS)
Gender Action Learning System (GALS) focuses specifically on clarifying gender justice visions, analysing gender inequalities and promoting gender justice strategies. GALS adapts the generic GAMEChange Empowerment Action picture diagrams and transformatory facilitation strategies to bring about transformation in gender relations at a deep level. As an action learning ‘system’ GALS…
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Empowerment Against Violence (EAV)
Empowerment Against Violence (EAV) is a GALS-based methodology to work with women and men of all ages, within families, communities and institutions to examine and address different forms of Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Empowerment Against Violence tools can be part of a dedicated workshop and process or they integrate with other…
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Gender Justice Review (GJR)
The Gender Justice Review (GJR) is a participatory process with women and men that periodically reviews the progress towards gender justice as the basis for ongoing gender empowerment planning. First developed with ANANDI in India as a participatory assessment of their women’s empowerment strategies and Pakistan for gender participatory gender…
GAMEChange picture diagram templates, facilitation strategies and movement-building processes adapt for different wealth creation interventions including livelihoods, finance, business and value chain development.
GAMEChange methodologies can be a standalone curriculum. But integrating selected tools can increase the inclusion, empowerment and cost-effectiveness of other technical trainings.
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Participatory Action Learning for Sustainability (PALS)
Participatory Action Learning System (PALS) is the original, generic GAMEChange empowerment action methodology. Individuals and organisations at different levels to develop their own visions and plans, based on analysing their own situations and contexts. They then track, analyse and share experience over time to assess how far they are progressing…
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Financial Action Learning for Sustainability (FALS)
What Is Financial Action Learning For Sustainability? Financial Action Learning for Sustainability (FALS) works with the micro-finance sector and financial service providers to promote financial inclusion and empowerment as a necessary and integral part of ‘Responsible Finance’ protocols. ‘Financial Action Learning for Sustainability’ (FALS) promotes: an inclusive, empowering and financially…
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Business Action Learning for Innovation (BALI)
‘Bali-bali’ means ‘good job’ in Kyrgyz. The Business Action Learning for Innovation (BALI) methodology adapts established PALS-based livelihoods and financial strengthening tools for business innovation by individuals and households. It is a follow-on methodology for community champions who are already familiar with the PALS and/or GALS methodologies. Women’s groups and…
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Happy Family Happy Chain (HFHC)
Happy Family Happy Chain (HFHC) methodologies present an integrated curriculum using the GALSatScale (Gender Action Learning for Sustainability at Scale) methodology as a participatory framework of proven tools and facilitation techniques through which the technical content of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) or Technical Trainings can be delivered for development of…
The ‘big picture’ aim of GAMEChange empowerment methodologies is to build a community-led movement advocating for social justice, democracy and environmental sustainability.
There are no blueprints. There are many flexible ways to use adapt the methodologies to initiate, support and grow a sustainable movement for change.
Ongoing ’empowerment action learning systems’ build informed and collaborative relationships between stakeholders from individuals to organisations.
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Implementing a Sustainable Process
The family of empowerment methodologies adapt generic picture diagram templates and transformatory facilitation principles to: The resources below give an overview of the main distinctive features. But they are no substitute for learning from community experts. The best way to understand the ‘flavour’ of these adapted empowerment methodologies is through…
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Empowerment Action Learning System
Empowerment Action Learning System The Empowerment Action Learning System links all stakeholders from communities to policy makers. The participatory ‘system’ enables informed collaboration to inform strategies and improve progress towards change. Tracking of progress towards the visions built into the picture diagrams forms the basis of this action learning system.…
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Global Network
GAMEChange Network brings together organisations with whom Linda Mayoux has worked since 2002 so that they and other can see and learn from their experiences. They have been developing innovations on two levels: A long overdue participatory update of the network projects with colleagues and partners in each country is planned…