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Course Overview

This course equips participants with essential knowledge and skills in gender mainstreaming—a proven strategy to achieve gender equality. Participants will learn how to assess the impact of policies and programs on both women and men at every stage, from planning to implementation and evaluation.

Through a mix of interactive sessions, including case studies, practical examples, group discussions, and field excursions, participants will explore best practices at national, regional, and global levels. The course also tailors content to individual contexts, allowing participants to apply their learning directly to their workplace.

Join us for this transformative training and gain the tools needed to implement gender-responsive strategies. Ideal for project managers, trainers, and community leaders, this course will help you integrate a gender lens into every intervention for more inclusive and effective outcomes.

Course Duration: 5 days

Course Outline

Module1: Introduction to Gender and Definition of Terms

• Conceptual clarity on gender concepts, building a common understanding on gender and development.


• Gender mainstreaming background


• Why gender mainstreaming


• Gender Mainstreaming levels

Module 2: Five principles of gender mainstreaming

• Gender awareness levels


• Gender equal programming and reporting


• Gender disaggregated data – collecting gender specific data


• Gender differential needs -equal access and utilisation of services and opportunities


• Women and men involvement, participation and decision making


• Equal treatment and integration processes in gender mainstreaming

Module 3: Strategies of Gender Mainstreaming

• Equal representation of all categories of gender, men and women.


• Gender involvement, participation and decision making


• Identify gender issues - equalities and inequalities


• Assess the impact of identified gender issues


• Gender perspectives incorporation in project/programme cycle

Module 4: Tools of Gender Mainstreaming

• Gender needs assessment


• Gender Women empowerment framework


• Moser – triple roles framework


• Havard Analytical framework


• Gender analysis Matrix(GAM)


• Gender capacities and vulnerabilities analysis framework

Module 5: Basic concepts of Gender Mainstreaming

• Gender awareness


• Gender sensitivity


• Gender responsive


• Gender Mainstreaming


• Gender Transformation

Module 6: Challenges of Gender Mainstreaming

• Buy-in – goodwill, political, social and economic factors


• Absence of gender indicators


• Stereotypes


• Myths and misconceptions on gender

Contacts

Monica C. | Training Coordinator

Cell / WhatsApp: +254 712 028 449

Email:training@perk-gafrica.com

Website:perk-gafrica.com