Course Objectives

• To formulate strategies for incorporating gender considerations into the design, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of community-based projects, and into the structure, policies, and operations of institutions.
• To develop an understanding of basic concepts and approaches for analyzing roles, relationships, and situations from a gender perspective;
• To increase sensitivity to a broad range of gender issues
• To improve skills in analyzing and managing gender-related roles, relationships, and situation
  

Course Outline

Overview of Gender and Development

·         Introduction

·         Definition of Gender

·         The Concept of Gender and Development

·         Gender Role Expectations and Stereotypes

·         Institutional/System Influences on Gender Stereotypes

·         Gender Dynamics and Development

·         Exploring Attitudes towards Gender

·         Social Construction of Gender

Gender Roles and Relations

·         Introduction

·         Gender perceptions and expectations

·         Perceptions of Women and Men

·         Gender Roles

·         Types of Gender Roles

·         Cultural Basis of Gender Stereotyping

·         Strategies for Challenging and Eliminating Gender Stereotypes and Barriers

·         Gender-based Division and Valuation of Labour

·         Course Review and Assignment

Gender Development Issues

·         Introduction

·         Identifying Gender Issues

·         Gender roles, relations, and life choices

·         Gender Roles and Power Relationship

·         Gender Roles and Relationships Matrix

·         Gender Sensitive Language

·         Gender and Governance

·         Gender and Human Rights

·         Gender Statistics

·         Gender and leadership

 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

 Gender Mainstreaming

·         Definition of Gender Mainstreaming

·         Gender Mainstreaming as a Strategy

·         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