Transformative Leadership, which is leadership for sustainable change, addresses the root causes of inequality. Transformative Leadership is a form of leadership which promotes gender justice by advancing women's participation and leadership. Transformative Leadership challenges structures and ideologies that justify and perpetuate gender inequality and power imbalance. Gender inequality derives from social and cultural socialization processes. In patriarchal societies, girls and women are classified (not always consciously) as less valuable, less strong, economically less attractive, not suitable for public leadership roles, needing protection and control, etc. Other aspects of identity, such as (dis)ability, HIV status, sexual orientation, race, class, caste, and religion, interrelate with people's biological sex; and this can result in multiple forms of discrimination. For Oxfam, this patriarchal, exclusive ideology is the main cause of the violation of women's right to equality.

Transformative leadership for women`s rights

Извор: WUNRN – 10.07.2014