In the late 1990s an international feminist network, Gender at Work, wrote about the ‘deep structure’ of organisations through which gender discriminatory norms and power relations are reproduced. In this article, the authors reflect on the evolution since the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing in 1995 of Gender at Work's theory and practice on approaches to shift deep structure. The Gender at Work Analytical Framework, used by dozens of organisations worldwide to assess, strategise and evaluate the process of organisational change, is described. Using a case study on the Dalit Women's Livelihood Accountability Initiative in Uttar Pradesh, India, the article demonstrates the adaptation of the Analytical Framework for working directly with community-level programmes, highlighting its strength at bringing into focus the deeply entrenched social norms and deep structures that exclude women from claiming their rights. The article concludes with reflections on what Gender at Work has learned since Beijing about working to challenge deep structures in organisations, programmes and systems.
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机译：在1990年代后期，一个国际女权网络“工作中的性别”（Gender at Work）写到了组织的“深层结构”，通过该结构复制了性别歧视性规范和权力关系。在本文中，作者回顾了自1995年在北京举行的第四次世界妇女大会以来，性别在工作中的理论和实践的演变过程，这些理论和实践探讨了转变深层结构的方法。描述了工作中的性别分析框架，该框架被全世界数十个组织用来评估，制定战略和评估组织变革的过程。通过对印度北方邦的达利特妇女生计问责倡议的案例研究，该文章展示了分析框架的改编，可直接与社区级计划合作，强调了其将深厚根深蒂固的社会规范和深层结构集中起来的力量禁止妇女主张自己的权利。本文最后总结了自北京以来，“工作中的性别”学会了如何挑战组织，程序和系统的深层结构。
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