GDC 25
Certificate Course in Gender and Development
Background
Gender is fast becoming a recurrent theme in development work globally. It’s importance is evidenced by its inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs). The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in 2015, embody a roadmap for progress that is sustainable and leaves no one behind. The fifth goal (SDG 5) aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. However, achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is integral to each of the 17 goals. Hence, the importance of gender integration into all development projects cannot be underscored. Recent donor trends have shown that gender diversity on boards of organizations, as well as ownership and implementation of gender policies and gender action plans are constituting critical requirements for successful grant applications and funding. Aside from these requirements, it is important that staff members are trained on gender so they can successfully implement their project deliverables from with a gender lens view. The goal of the Certificate Course in Gender and Development is to build the capacity of participants on gender and its multi-faceted application to development
Participants/Delegates
Ideal candidates to attend the training are project leads, officers, or analysts who are saddled with integrating gender perspectives into their programs (across health, education, agriculture etc), and individuals specifically working around women empowerment, inclusion, intersectionality and diversity.
Course content
Participants will be trained on both generic gender modules and sector-specific modules. These include
1. Module I: Understanding and Explaining Gender
2. Module II: Gender in Policy-Oriented Research
3. Module III: Frameworks and Tools of Gender Analysis
4. Module IV: Gender Mainstreaming
5. Module V: Institutionalizing Gender Mainstreaming
6. Module VI: Gender Monitoring and Evaluation
7. Module VII: Women and Development Issues
8. Module VIII: Constructing Feminine and Masculine Identities
9. Module IX: Gender and Leadership
10. Module X: Sector Modules: Gender and Public Policy, Gender and Health, Gender in Agriculture and Food Security, Gender in Education
Course Delivery/methodology
This course will be on-site, and classroom-delivered. Module activities include lectures, which provide comprehensive information, participatory activities, and activities that promote critical (self) reflection and collective reflection, within the ambits of the course objectives. Apart from lectures that facilitators are required to deliver through PPT slides, module activities would also include Q & A, group work, experiential learning sessions, role-play, and skits. Prior to modular training, participants will be assessed through a pre-test, while a post-test will be administered after the training.
Date:
February 24th – 28th, 2025
Location:
Abuja, Nigeria
