INTRODUCTION

The training will conclusively handle issues to do with the understanding gender, gender awareness and advocacy, human rights, and gender based violence, gender analysis, integration and gender mainstreaming, leadership and governance and gender budgeting.

DURATION

5 Days

TRAINING CONTENT

Module 1: Introduction to Gender

• Definition of gender
• Difference between gender and sex
• Gender related concepts
• Concept of gender mainstreaming

Module 2: Gender Awareness, Lobbying and Advocacy

• Concepts of gender awareness, lobbying and advocacy
• Gender concerns that need awareness and lobbying
• Approaches and methods of gender awareness, lobbying and advocacy
• Process of developing a gender awareness, lobbying and advocacy programme

Module 3: Human Rights and Gender Based Violence

• Concepts of human rights and SGBV
• Gender rights as human rights
• Forms of SGBV
• Causes and myths of SGBV
• Strategies of addressing SGBV

Module 4: Gender Analysis

• Gender analysis and its purpose.
• Gender analysis frameworks commonly used
• Application of gender analysis tools

Module 5: Approaches and strategies to Gender Mainstreaming and Integration

• Concepts of gender mainstreaming and integration
• Approaches to gender mainstreaming and integration
• Existing policies in support of gender mainstreaming and integration
• Existing institutional frameworks for gender mainstreaming and integration.

Module 6: Methods and Strategies of Gender Mainstreaming

• Strategies and methods in gender mainstreaming
• Levels of gender mainstreaming
• The process of gender mainstreaming at various levels
• Monitoring, evaluation and reporting in gender mainstreaming.

Module 7: Mainstreaming Gender into Leadership and Governance

• Gender responsive leadership.
• Gender responsive governance
• Best practices in governance

Module 8: Gender Responsive Budgeting

• The term ‘budget’ and its purpose.
• Stages in a budget cycle
• Objectives and elements of a gender responsive budget
• The process of developing a gender responsive budget
• How to monitor and evaluate a gender responsive budget