Gender inequalities are one of the primary obstacles to the universal realization of human rights, citizenship, development and health. Gender continues to be omitted from the majority of programs and projects designed to address sustainable development and poverty eradication, making capacity-building resources on gender more important than ever.

Gender training is a key element in raising awareness of the negative impact of unequal gender relations on education, health, and economic and political participation; raising awareness of women's rights, teaching women about their rights and developing strategies - local to international - to promote and protect these rights; understanding the different ways in which men, women, boys and girls experience armed conflict and the benefits of women's involvement in conflict transformation and peace-building processes. Gender-transformative education can also contribute to reducing gender based violence, to greater respect for women's rights, to changing the images, attitudes, and stereotypes conveyed by many media, and to analyzing events, facts, issues and data from a gender perspective.

This page offers a comprehensive database of gender trainings and training materials offered by international, governmental and non-governmental organizations on all of the topics mentioned above, and more.

The materials - courses, workshops, online training courses and materials, toolkits, handbooks, guidelines, checklists, etc - are aimed at different stakeholders who are explicitly or implicitly involved in the struggle to achieve gender equality and empower women: policymakers in international and national organizations, governments, communities, non governmental organizations; practitioners, trainers, educators, journalists, advocates, women leaders, etc.