Welcome to the UN-INSTRAW Gender Training CoP Web Site!
The Gender Training CoP aims to bring together
practitioners from all over the world with a diversity of knowledge and
experiences, in order to take stock of the present situation of gender
training; what the real successes and failures have been and how gender
training can be strengthened as a component of gender mainstreaming and
sustainable development.
This web site is the home and workspace of the
Gender Training CoP to encourage dialogue and exchange of experiences
and also to facilitate access to information on gender training.
This is an initiative that is being developed with the contribution of the Government of Mexico.
You will find a Gender Training Wiki with
the most updated and complete information on institutions, trainings,
training materials and opportunities on gender training; examples and
templates of key documents associated with successful gender training.
The Gender Training Virtual Dialogues
host both formal , structured discussion on specific topics and are
facilitated by Gender Training Experts form all over the world. and also provide CoP members with an opportunity for
active and informal dialogue on topics of their own choice that are
related to gender training. Members are invited to initiate new
discussion threads and to contribute to ongoing discussions.
-Final Report of the 3. Virtual Dialogue about "Gender Training for Women's Political Participation and Leadership"
- New Gender Training Community of Practice platform!
The Gender Training CoP will soon move to a new and completely interactive web platform where members will find interactive tools that allow them to easily connect and interact and to exchange
experiences, good practices and their knowledge on gender training and
capacity building processes.
- Next Virtual Dialogue about "Gender Training in Humanitarian Work"
Within the new
project of UN-INSTRAW and OXFAM Canada about “Participatory Development of
Resources for Gender Training in Humanitarian Assistance” we are going to start a new Virtual Dialogue that will take place
on our new platform!
The discussion of
this topic should primarily be linked to project mentioned above which is
global. However it tries furthermore to raise awareness about gender training
in humanitarian aid at the moment in Haiti and could probably also help to
collect information about the current situation in Haiti.
The Compendium of Good Practices in Gender Training aims to make gender equality training and capacity development more effective by collecting and assessing good practices in Gender Training, in the view of their promotion, replication and systematization of lessons learned.
Select, describe and submit your
good practices in gender training today!
Do you have any questions about
Gender Training?
Do you need information on what is going on a specific geographical
area? What methodologies are being used by certain organizations? What
topics are included in Gender Training Curricula in different
situations?
Would you like to know more about how Gender Training has evolved, what the current trends are?
Do you want a short overview about the Gender Training CoP?
Download the new GT CoP Flyer in english and español!
Recent Activities:
- Alicia Ziffer participated as a Representative of UN-INSTRAW and Community of Practice Specialist in the Workshop on "Linking and Learning through Networking"
on 26 October 2009 in The Hague to share her networking experiences and
held a presentation about the "Gender Training Community of Practice:
Learning through Dialogue".
- In
the course of events organized by the "Gender and International Policy
Research Cycle", Alicia Ziffer was invited as a Specialist in
Education, Gender and Public Policy to hold a presentation on 5 October
2009 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
to talk about her experiences of the Community of Practice with
Graduate- and Postgraduate Students of the Department of Education and
Gender Studies.
"Gender Training for Women's Political Participation and Leadership"
From
October 19th to November 6th trainers and experts in this area
exchanged about the current situation, challenges and recommendations
for Gender Training for Women's Political Participation and Leadership"
Check out the discussion of our latest Virtual Dialogue in english and spanish!
Soon the final report will be able to download here!
What Gender Training Methodologies do you favor more? Why? Do you have
one specific Gender Training Methodology that you always use or do you
prefer changing depending on objectives, context and audience of the
particular gender training process? What concrete experiences can you
share with the CoP?
To be effective, gender training should involve senior management:
“Often the gender training audience consists of staff in lower management positions and it is crucial that more senior management attend trainings to ensure gender sensitivity within institutions.” This is one of the main results of the Virtual Dialogue on the Current Situation in Gender Training, hosted by UN-INSTRAW in October 2008.
Check out the exchange that took place during our first virtual dialogue "Current Situation in Gender Training" from September 22nd to October 28th, 2008.
