Your Gender TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION Glossary
All the key terms you need to understand when preparing for Gender Transformative Education, quickly and effectively.
What is Collective care?
Definition
Collective care refers to a feminist ethic that views communities being responsible for each other’s well-being. It recognizes the toll that systems of oppression take on mental, emotional, and physical health. Feminists emphasize the radical potential of collective care to navigate oppressive systems that threaten survival and to imagine alternative futures.
Gender transformative education instills collective care as a shared value, and resists narratives that frame wellness solely as self-care or an individual’s responsibility to manage.
References
Hobart, Hi‘ilei Julia Kawehipuaakahaopulani, and Tamara Kneese. “Radical Care Survival Strategies for Uncertain Times,” n.d.
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Faniyi, Ololade, and Sharon Omotoso. “Young Feminists Redefining Principles of Care in Nigeria.” WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly 50, no. 1–2 (March 2022): 49–67. https://doi.org/10.1353/wsq.2022.0004.