THINK TANK APPROACH 5 HOW TO
TTI’s core funding and responsive approach to capacity building created space for think tanks to determine how they define gender equality, how to address its intersections with other aspects of identity, and what gender gaps and priorities they perceive within their own national or regional contexts. The degree to which TTI partners focused on gender varied widely. Gender research priorities according to local contexts
Their contributions to gender equality can be seen in their research and advocacy and in how they are making their own organizations more gender-inclusive in policy and practice. Think tanks play an important role in fostering more equitable and inclusive societies through their citizen and policy engagement. They drew on TTI support to enhance their existing capacity to research and engage on gender theory, policy, and practice and to put gender at the core of their institutional sustainability plans. Almost all of the 43 think tanks in the second phase of the initiative were engaged in gender-related work. Gender emerged as an important area of focus among many of the think tanks receiving core support from the Think Tank Initiative (TTI) from 2009 to 2019.
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