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GAMEChange Network promotes methodologies to inspire and empower individual, collective and global action for a more just, democratic and sustainable world.
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.
The ‘big picture’ vision is
a global community-led movement for change.
GAMEChange Empowerment Methodologies (GEMs) are now used by thousands of women and men worldwide.
GAMEChangeNetwork website brings together some of this global GEMs experience 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 (GEMs) empower women and men to develop their own individual and collective strategies for change.
Picture diagrams flexibly adapt for different activities, stakeholders, contexts and local capacities.
Transformatory facilitation strategies are adapted for community peer-sharing, participatory champion workshops and advocacy networking events.
Inclusive leadership principles support community-led policy advocacy for justice, democracy and economic development.
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Thinking with Picture Diagrams
Picture Diagrams provide visual frameworks for GEMs champions to vision, analyse, implement and track their individual and collective strategies for change.…
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Facilitation for Transformation
Transformatory facilitation inspires and strengthens capacities of GEMs champions to bring change in their own lives and for their families…
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Everyone is a Leader (iLEAD)
Inclusive leadership strengthening supports thousands of ‘community champions’ to grow their own social support networks from community to policy levels.…
ALL GAMEChange empowerment methodologies mainstream Gender Justice principles as the ‘new normal’.
Gender Action Learning System (GALS) contextual adaptations of GEMs tools and facilitation focus specifically on promoting gender justice.
GALS can also focus on specific dimensions on gender justice, including empowerment against violence.
Gender Justice Review periodically brings stakeholders together to build on community-level changes for a wider change and advocacy movement.
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Gender Action Learning System (GALS)
Gender Action Learning ‘System’ (GALS) adapts GEMs participatory visioning, planning and documentation methodologies to promote Gender Justice and empower women…
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Empowerment Against Violence (EAV)
EAV works with women and men within families, communities and institutions to examine and address different forms of Gender-Based Violence.…
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Gender Justice Review (GJR)
Gender Justice Reviews are participatory community-led GALS events that assess gender achievements and challenges to develop new gender action plans.…
GEMs picture diagram templates, transformatory facilitation strategies and movement-building processes adapt for equitable wealth creation.
GEMs can be a standalone curriculum for different types of intervention including livelihoods, finance, business and value chain development.
Selected GEMs tools and/or facilitation strategies can increase the inclusion, empowerment and cost-effectiveness of other technical trainings.
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Participatory Action Learning for Sustainability (PALS)
PALS is the original, generic methodology for life and livelihood visioning, contextual analysis and action planning by individuals and organisations.…
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Financial Action Learning for Sustainability (FALS)
FALS works with micro-finance and financial service providers to promote financial inclusion and empowerment as integral to sustainable ‘Responsible Finance’.…
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Business Action Learning for Innovation (BALI)
BALI adapts GEMs livelihoods and financial strengthening tools for business innovation, analysis and planning by individuals, households and producer organisations.…
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Happy Family Happy Chain (HFHC)
“Happy Family Happy Chain” integrates GEMs into Technical Skills Trainings for more inclusive, empowering and cost-effective Value Chain Development. To…
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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Empowerment Action Learning System
GEMs Action Learning ‘System’ enables informed, participatory and inclusive collaboration between stakeholders to improve ‘win-win’ action plans for change. Empowerment…
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Implementation for Sustainability
Sustainable GEMs implementation involves ongoing innovation, adapting proven methodologies for different purposes, contexts and participant priorities. No empowerment blueprints exist!
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Global Network
GAMEChange Network is constantly evolving and expanding. The experiences here are ones with whom Linda Mayoux has worked since 2002.…