BRIDGE
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Institution
BRIDGE
Location
Brighton, United Kingdom.
Region of Activity
Worldwide.
Description
BRIDGE supports gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts of policymakers and practitioners by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice with accessible and diverse gender information. BRIDGE was set up in 1992 as a specialised gender and development research and information service within the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), United Kingdom (UK). This was on the initiative of the Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/DAC) Working Party on Gender Equality (now the Gendernet). BRIDGE is one of a family of knowledge services from IDS.
BRIDGE strives for a just world where gender and other equalities are an outcome of development, facilitated/championed by Southern and Northern institutions in which gender issues have been successfully mainstreamed. BRIDGE will support such endeavours through catalytic knowledge creation and management that encourages the multi-directional sharing of ideas and experiences, and pushes the boundaries of ‘what is knowledge’ and ‘who learns from whom’.
BRIDGE Mission - Supporting gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts
BRIDGE seeks to transform development practice by supporting global gender advocacy and mainstreaming efforts down to the operational level, by bridging the gaps between theory, policy and practice. This will be undertaken through accessible and appropriate knowledge creation, sharing, and management, in long-term collaboration involving mutual capacity-building with Southern and Northern partners.
Our work is directed by an International Advisory Committee of gender specialists
BRIDGE work is supported by the following agencies: Department for International Development, UK (DFID) The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) Irish Aid
Training Offered
Manuals and documents about gender and training.
Languages
English,Español, Français, Arabic, Russian, Albanian.
URL
Contact
BRIDGE, Institute of Development Studies
University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9RE, United Kingdom Tel: 44 (0) 1273 606261
Fax: 44 (0) 1273 621202
Email: bridge@ids.ac.uk