Flinders University
Ms Cara Ellickson
Ms
Cara
Ellickson
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/cara.ellickson
| Position/s: | Director, Gender Consortium Centre for Development Studies |
| Phone: | +61 8 82012242 |
| Email: | cara.ellickson@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Social Sciences South (225) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Cara has experience designing and facilitating capacity building projects on gender equity, community development and culturally respectful service delivery. Cara's teaching, training and research on gender and social issues is informed by her international development experience in Vietnam, Indonesia and Samoa as well as her public sector experience working in senior policy and planning roles with the South Australian Department of Human Services, South Australian Health Commission and National Public Health Information Development Unit.
Qualifications
BA(Hons) (Adel)
Master in International and Community Development (Deakin)
Honours, awards and grants
Flinders University, Social Sciences Faculty Award (2009) for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching (Team Member)
DEEWR Endeavour Executive Award 2009
Key responsibilities
As the Director of the Gender Consortium, Centre for Development Studies, Cara's responsibilities include the management, coordination and delivery of gender training and fellowship courses under programs such as the Indonesia-Australia Specialised Training Program (IASTP), Australian Leadership Awards - Fellowship Program (ALA). She is also responsible for the development and delivery of teaching materials for the Graduate Certificate in Gender Mainstreaming Policy and Analysis course. Cara works in partnership with the Associate Director, Gender Consortium, Dr Anuardha Mundkur and members of the Gender Consortium's interdisciplinary advisory group.
Teaching
Teaching interests
Gender and development
Gender mainstreaming and gender analysis
Gender and health
Participatory methodologies
Policy development and strategic planning
Research and consultancy
Research interests
Gender and development
Gender mainstreaming
Gender and health
Capacity building in gender analysis, gender mainstreaming, policy development and strategic planning for clients such as UNIFEM Australia Inc, AusAID, NZAID, Vietnam Women's Union, Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Australian Government Office for Women
Applied policy research on gender and development
Publications
Refereed journal articles
Lin, V., Gruszin, S., Ellickson, C.M., Glover, J., Silburn, K., Wilson, G., & Poljski, C., 2007. Comparative evaluation of indicators for gender equity and health. International Journal of Public Health, 52(Suppl1), 19-26.
Other public research outputs
Haggis, J., Schech, S.B., Baulderstone, J.M., & Ellickson, C.M., 2005. Occasional Paper: Gender Equity in DECS - A Focus on Women. , 1-44.
Professional and community engagement
Board Member, Vietnam Women's Association of SA
