I Know Gender 7: Gender Equality in the World of Work
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Respect for diversity is a core value of the United Nations. It requires every UN staff member to treat men and women equally. Along with equality of treatment, combating gender discrimination in the world of work necessitates upholding equality of opportunity. Gender discrimination leads to unequal effects that place the victims of discrimination in a situation of disadvantage, impairing their access to employment opportunities, let alone equality of treatment at the workplace. These unequal effects lead to unequal outcomes between women and men. A well-known outcome is that around the world there are fewer women in employment than men.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 8: Gender Equality and Education
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module will introduce you to the main concepts and issues related to gender equality and education. This module was developed because of the importance of education in the life of a child. Education enables a child to grow and develop on a personal level, acquiring the skills, knowledge and attitudes that are crucial to living a fulfilling life. In addition to benefiting the individual child, education also benefits the learner’s family, community, and country. It is therefore critical that we strive to provide equal access and opportunities in education for every child, benefiting girls and boys equally.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 9: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental to women’s human rights. Historically, and in many countries at all levels of development today, girls and women do not have control over their reproductive functions or own bodies, and are forced into unwanted marriages and childbearing, which can restrict their access to education and employment and other opportunities. The approach in this module emphasizes the centrality of sexual and reproductive health and rights to the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment. In addition, it is centered on the principle that women’s agency is essential to realizing reproductive rights.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 10: Gender Equality in Emergencies
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English , French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module addresses the importance of promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women during all operations, including humanitarian emergencies. Gender equality is a core UN value that all UN staff must honor. In order to have effective, efficient, inclusive and responsive humanitarian assistance that saves lives, alleviates suffering, builds resilience and maintains human dignity, we must look at gender as a key factor.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 11: Women, Peace and Security
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English and , FrenchSpanish
Tuition fee: Free
Considering the different needs of women, men, boys and girls in armed conflict and emergency situations makes peace building, recovery measures and security policies more efficient and comprehensive. This module shall give you an overview of gender and women’s rights in peace and security contexts, the international framework for advancing these, and concrete examples from the field on how to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in peacebuilding and security initiatives.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 12: Sexual and Gender Diversity: A Matter of Human Rights
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Respect for diversity is a core UN value, and respect for human rights is a fundamental UN principle. UN staff are required to show respect for the rights of everyone - including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people or LGBTI persons. Discrimination and violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, or because they are intersex, violate UN standards and hinder the achievement of UN goals. We all need to understand how we can integrate respect for the human rights of LGBTI people into our lives and into our work.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 13: Trade and Gender Equality
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Economic policies impact different segments of the population, including men and women, differently; they are not “gender neutral.” Looking at trade and economic policy through a gender lens can help us to identify these differential impacts and to make outcomes more gender-redistributive and equitable.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 14: Gender Equality and Voluntarism
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English
Tuition fee: Free
This module on volunteerism and gender will help you familiarize yourself with the importance of gender as a crosscutting issue in volunteerism, in the context of the development agenda 2030, in particular SDG5 on gender equality. It has been developed with the collaboration of United Nations Volunteers (UNV) agency. The topics in the module address central issues regarding volunteerism and gender, such as:
- Identify gender gaps and gender stereotypes related to volunteerism
- Use tools, strategies and resources to promote full participation of women and men in volunteerism
- Identify opportunities for volunteerism to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 15: Gender and sustainable industrial development
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Gender equality and the empowerment of women have a significant positive impact on sustained economic growth and inclusive and sustainable industrial development (ISID), which are drivers of poverty reduction, social integration and environmental sustainability. Beyond recognizing specific vulnerabilities resulting from differing gender roles, women are key agents of change, who, as economic actors, leaders and consumers, play vitally important parts in every country’s drive towards a higher level of industrialization in their economies.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I know Gender how to Series 2: Gender Equality and Sustainable project management
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module will help to be effective in implementing projects that will contribute to the transformation of equitable and inclusive societies with sustainability at their very core. Gender mainstreaming in project management is presented from a UNOPS perspective, but is relevant to all development practitioners.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.