Gender and Development Training

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Event Details: Gender and Development Training

INTRODUCTION

This training is aimed at building the capacity and commitment of participants to undertake programs targeted at eradicating gender-based violence and to develop a new movement for gender equality.This course offers a detailed examination of the concepts of gender, gender-based violence, sexuality, and rights. It further seeks to explore the impact of gender-based violence on various sectors of development e.g, education, health and agricultural development.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

The overall purpose of the training programme is to increase participant’s knowledge and understanding of the concept of gender, and gender-based violence, sexuality, and rights. It will further take a look at the various forms of gender-based violence and the core principles for a code of conduct, reporting mechanisms and develop a programmatic response

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • The Concept of Gender and Development
  • Gender Role Expectations and Stereotypes
  • Institutional/System Influences on Gender Stereotypes
  • Gender perceptions and expectations
  • Perceptions of Women and MenGender Roles
  • Types of Gender Roles
  • Cultural Basis of Gender Stereotyping
  • Strategies for Challenging and Eliminating Gender Stereotypes and BarriersGender roles, relations, and life choices
  • Gender Roles and Power Relationship
  • Gender Roles and Relationships 
  • MatrixVariables used in Generating DataGender Analysis Frameworks
  • Gender Analysis Tools
  • How to do a Gender Analysis
  • How to do a Gendered Analysis
  • Gender and Policy Development
  • Approaches to Gender Mainstreaming and integration methods and Strategies of Gender mainstreaming 
  • Role of Men in Gender Mainstreaming 
  • Challenges to Effective Gender Mainstreaming
  • Gender Mainstreaming and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Overview

May 21 - 9:00 - May 25, 2018 - 16:00
Organizer Versed Professional Services
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Location Appleton Resort
Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya
Targets
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Africa, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sectors Hygiene, Water, sanitation and hygiene

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