Gender and Development Training on 9th - 13th January 2017

INTRODUCTION

This course is designed to prompt an exploration of common behaviours and attitudes towards gender differences. It will present facts and figures about the situation of women and men in our society today – and references from key documents that highlight policies formulated to address gender concerns. Recent events have shown that if governments are serious about achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG’s, it is essential that gender be taken into account for all the goals. Gender equality in the SDG’s touches almost exclusively on the area of education, and research does show the importance of equality in this area, but this is not sufficient. This e-learning course will empower the participants with tools and sector-specific guidelines for gender mainstreaming in their various institutions and development planning. It will further improve the abilities of participants to reduce gender inequalities in their various homes, organisation and communities.

The course also features a number of exercises and reflective activities designed to explore basic gender concepts and enhance gender analysis skills, which can be applied in the formulation of policies, the design of programmes, and the exercise of evaluation.

BENEFITS

The overall purpose of the training programme is to enhance the gender-responsive planning of key institutions and the management skills of their employees, so that they can more effectively play their part in implementing gender-sensitive development policies as well as mainstreaming gender in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG’s.

COURSE CONTENT

Module 1: Introduction to Gender and Development

  • Introduction
  • Definition of Gender
  • The Concept of Gender and Development
  • Gender Dynamics and Development
  • Exploring Attitudes towards Gender
  • Basic Gender Concepts and Terminology
  • Social Construction of Gender
  • Course Review and Assignment

Module 2: Gender Roles and Relations

  • Introduction
  • Gender Roles
  • Types of Gender Roles
  • Gender Roles and Relationships Matrix
  • Gender-based Division and Valuation of Labour
  • Course Review and Assignment

Module 3: Gender Development Issues

  • Introduction
  • Identifying Gender Issues
  • Gender Sensitive Language
  • Gender and Governance
  • Gender and Human Rights
  • Gender Statistics
  • Course Review and Assignment

Module 4: Gender Analysis and Policy Development

  • Introduction to Gender Analysis
  • Why Gender Analysis
  • Variables used in Generating Data
  • Gender Analysis Frameworks
  • Gender Analysis Tools
  • How to do a Gender Analysis
  • How to do a Gendered Analysis
  • Gender and Policy Development
  • Emerging Lessons on Mainstreaming Gender in National Policy Frameworks
  • Course Review and Assignment

Module 5: Gender Mainstreaming

  • Definition of Gender Mainstreaming
  • Gender Mainstreaming as a Strategy
  • Historic Overview of Gender Mainstreaming
  • The Concept of Gender Mainstreaming
  • Approaches to Gender Mainstreaming and Integration
  • Methods and Strategies of Gender Mainstreaming
  • The Role of Men in Gender Mainstreaming
  • Challenges to Effective Gender Mainstreaming
  • Gender Mainstreaming and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • Gender Mainstreaming Best practices
  • Course Review and Assignment

Module 6: Gender Monitoring and Evaluation

  • Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Integrating a Gender Dimension into Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Course Review and Assignment

EVENT FEE & ONLINE REGISTRATION
The Training Event fee is USD $1050, this caters for facilitation, refreshments and lunch for the entire training period. Accommodation can be arranged on request at an extra cost.To registers for this event, click on this link: ( REGISTER ONLINE) for more details click on this link: (VISIT OUR WEBSITE)