“A Common Pot,” is a podcast where we explore stories and recipes for grassroots justice and systems change from around the world. When we look at the grassroots justice movement, we see innovative recipes for systems change; we see organizations around the world that are pushing boundaries and finding ways to build community power despite growing authoritarianism. The work of grassroots justice advocates is driven by one core idea– that people should have a say in shaping the decisions that affect their lives. Community participation is a key ingredient for social justice. In this podcast series, we hear real stories of how grassroots justice advocates strengthen participation of communities in decision-making. We learn their step-by-step strategies, and follow them on a journey to understand what works and what doesn’t.

This guide shares practical recommendations for designing and implementing gender-transformative participatory action research. Gender-transformative research is not just aware of gender differences and inequality, but seeks to transform the underlying power imbalances. Drawing on a roundtable with Latin American experts, the guide shares some recommendations that can apply across different contexts: build trust-based relationships, create an interdisciplinary team, account for power imbalances, incorporate community knowledge and methods, involve communities in all stages of the research, and prioritize security and ethics. (Available in English and Spanish)