I Know Gender 16: Gender Equality and Migration
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 3 hours.
Language: English
Tuition fee: Free
This module helps to identify global migration trends and to understand that migration is a gendered experience. It invites to step into the shoes of a migrant and realize how gender shapes every stage of the migrant journey. It also shows how to mainstream gender equality into projects or programmes at each stage of the migration cycle.
Approximately 3 hours.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer 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 5: UNCT-SWAP Gender Equality Scorecard
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes.
Language: English, French, and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module is an addition to the ‘I Know Gender’ online learning courses. It allows users to better understand the UNCT-SWAP content and process. The recommendation is to undertake the UNCT SWAP on the occasion of the CCA/UNSDCF roll-out but it will also work during the UNSDCF implementation timeline. By the end of the course, participants will have a better understanding of what the UNCT-SWAP framework and performance indicators are and how it relates to the work of UN country teams. Participants will also learn how the UNCT-SWAP grew out of key mandates and commitments on gender equality and women’s empowerment across the UN system.
Approximately 60 minutes.
UN personnel who play a lead role in coordinating and monitoring UNCT-SWAP implementation (chair(s) of the Gender Theme Group (GTG) or Inter- Agency Team (IAT), RCO focal points); RCs and UNCT HoAs who oversee UNCT-SWAP implementation and monitoring efforts with support from the GTG, and UN personnel who lead and/or are members of interagency groups governed by the Scorecard Performance Indicators (GTG, OMT, M&E Group, Results Groups, UNCG); all UN personnel members who are interested in learning more about systemwide accountability for gender mainstreaming at the country level.
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.
How to 4: Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Procurement
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module will allow users to understand why and how gender mainstreaming is important to planning, building, operating, and maintaining infrastructure; recognize the importance of human-centered infrastructure design and the purpose of infrastructure to provide services; recall fundamentals of how to mainstream gender equality into infrastructure project life design and planning; and understand and apply practical approaches and resources available to gender mainstreaming in specific infrastructure types.
Approximately 60 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues, specially project managers, infrastructure professionals such as planners, designers, architects and engineers, business developers, and procurement experts drafting TORs and developing evaluation criteria, and social inclusion and gender equality specialists working on development and relief projects globally need support to recognize the relevance of gender equality within infrastructure development, as well as practical examples and guidance on how it applies to their work.
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 3: Mainstreaming Gender Equality in Infrastructure
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 60 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module will allow users to understand why and how gender mainstreaming is important to planning, building, operating, and maintaining infrastructure; recognize the importance of human-centered infrastructure design and the purpose of infrastructure to provide services; recall fundamentals of how to mainstream gender equality into infrastructure project life design and planning; and understand and apply practical approaches and resources available to gender mainstreaming in specific infrastructure types.
Approximately 60 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues, specially project managers, infrastructure professionals such as planners, designers, architects and engineers, business developers, and procurement experts drafting TORs and developing evaluation criteria, and social inclusion and gender equality specialists working on development and relief projects globally need support to recognize the relevance of gender equality within infrastructure development, as well as practical examples and guidance on how it applies to their work.
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.
How To Series - Module 1.1: Implementing Gender Equality Markers – Coding Definitions
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module provides background information on gender equality coding and provides practice on coding specific initiatives. The module only draws on documentation from entities that have gender equality markers that are consistent with the UNDG guidance. The purpose is to provide additional information on gender equality marker definitions or codes and provide opportunities to practice coding specific 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.
How To Series - Module 1: Implementing Gender Equality Markers
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module provides background information on gender equality coding and provides practice on coding specific initiatives. The module only draws on documentation from entities that have gender equality markers that are consistent with the UNDG guidance. The purpose is to provide additional information on gender equality marker definitions or codes and provide opportunities to practice coding specific 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 1-2-3: Gender Concepts to get Started; International Frameworks for Gender Equality; and Promoting Gender Equality throughout the UN System
Modalidad de aprendizaje: a su propio ritmo
Fecha: Disponible online todo el año
Duración: Aproximadamente 2,5 horas para los 3 módulos básicos necesarios para recibir el certificado del curso. Los usuarios pueden moverse por los módulos temáticos opcionales a su propio ritmo.
Idioma: español, francés e inglés
Cuota de matrícula: Gratis
Este curso tiene como objetivo desarrollar y / o fortalecer la conciencia y la comprensión de la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de las mujeres como un primer paso hacia el cambio de comportamiento y la integración de una perspectiva de género en el trabajo diario de todo el personal de la ONU en la sede, a nivel regional y nacional.
Proporciona una introducción a los conceptos, el marco internacional y los métodos para trabajar hacia la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de las mujeres. También ofrece a los usuarios la oportunidad de establecer vínculos entre género y áreas temáticas específicas como el trabajo; educación; participacion politica; emergencias; paz y seguridad; salud sexual y reproductiva; diversidad sexual y de género y derechos humanos; y violencia contra la mujer.
Aproximadamente 2,5 horas para los 3 módulos básicos necesarios para recibir el certificado del curso. Los usuarios pueden moverse por los módulos temáticos opcionales a su propio ritmo.
Todo el personal del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y otras personas interesadas en aprender sobre cuestiones de género
Se necesita un visor de formato de documento portátil (PDF) y un software Flash para ver el curso. Tenga en cuenta que el curso se abrirá en una ventana emergente separada, por lo tanto, asegúrese de que los bloqueadores de ventanas emergentes estén desactivados. El participante necesitará un par de auriculares o parlantes ya que el curso incluye audio durante todo el curso.
I Know Gender 4: Women´s Economic Empowerment
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Women’s economic empowerment has many different aspects, which often come into play in our work at the UN, whether we are working to hold States accountable regarding their human rights commitments, promoting decent work for women and men, seeking work-life balance in our personal lives, or developing training or microfinance programs for women, among other areas. This module will introduce you to some key reasons and strategies for promoting women’s economic 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 5: Women´s Leadership and Decision Making
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Women´s equal participation in decision making is a necessary condition for justice and democracy, as well as for ensuring that women´s interests and points of view are taken into account. This module focuses primarily on women´s political participation, but we will also discuss women´s leadership in the private sector, and other areas such as education, justice systems, civil society, and media.
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 6: Violence against Women and Girls
Learning Modality:Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
After completing this module, you will recognize violence against women and girls as gender-based violence; identify the human rights framework that defines violence against women and girls as a violation; be able to name different forms of violence against women and girls throughout the life cycle and in specific contexts; be able to identify some of the causes and factors that put women and girls at risk; and discover some of the key strategies to address violence against women and girls.
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.