The contributors address the current crisis in development aid and growing disconnect between development frameworks and the lives of women. They argue for NGOs to learn more from their past experiences and to keep open a challenging and creative space for analysing aid.
This paper has looked at how gender training of local implementers can and is being used by some different development organisations. It has looked specifically at training as a response to a perceived failure of development projects to fully address gender concerns at the implementation level. With recommendations, and the remark that well-planned gender training can only have impact if it is carried out as part of an overall oranisational strategy of change.