Trainings

This self-paced online course aims to provide a comprehensive overview of gender and social inclusion and to build capacity for various stakeholders engaged in forest landscape restoration work. Developed by gender experts, the course compiles research, case studies and practical recommendations from leading institutions engaged in forest landscape restoration. This is in partnership with CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (FTA),  CGIAR GENDER Platform, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), World Agroforestry (ICRAF), the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).The course consists of five modules featuring relevant evidence, case studies, tools and good practices developed by FTA and partners, packaged in an accessible and interactive online learning format.

This e-Learning course is for people who design, implement and monitor climate-smart agriculture that focuses on gender equity. Although it refers to World Bank priorities, it is intended for a broader audience. Learn about the reasons why women often lack a political voice in agriculture, from access to land and water, to access to finance and extension, to a say in the decisions by cooperatives and other governance systems.

The course is aimed at researchers and students in life and natural sciences. It is self-paced and there is no time limit for completing it.Including gender in your scientific research will maximize your impact and global reach. Understand the why, what and how about gender and research, and how your research informs wider global agendas such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The course is designed for gender advisors, data specialists, and other development professionals. It unpacks complex and practical considerations to understand, use, and share gender data with the ultimate goal of impact. Over 5 weeks, participants will see interviews with gender and data experts. The course looks at best practices, methodologies and tools that will help participants to limit biases, close gender gaps, and incorporate intersectional thinking in each step of the gender data lifecycle. It will explore a range of questions: What does gender data really mean? What frameworks and tools can help make our development efforts better informed by data and more equitable? Unpack how to best understand, use, and share gender data.

This online course aims to train researchers and practitioners on all aspects of the project-level Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index pro-WEAI, from its background to its practical application within a project context.  The full course is composed of six modules, beginning with the Foundations module, which must be completed prior to enrolling in other modules.

Participants will learn about the background to gender equality and why this is, such an important and challenging issue in modern workplaces including: Gender inequality for companies and for economic performance. The current landscape of female participation in different sectors paying special attention to leadership positions within the corporate, academic, political and non-profit sectors. The root causes of gender inequality in positions of power, leadership and the workplace. Interventions and policies that address the structural barriers that contribute to create a gender gap such as affirmative action, parental leave, and child-care policies. The role of bias and stereotypes in preventing gender diversity and what can be done to manage these effects.

This course examines and analyses a broad range of issues, such as the relationship between gender and development, education and health. A strategic approach will be taken, which will enable participants to identify key stakeholders, barriers and planning techniques to address gender inequality in all aspects of governance, business and society. Through practical case studies and discussions with leading practitioners, delegates will develop comprehensive and clear plans to facilitate gender equity within their organization. By the end of the course the delegates will be able to: analyse the impact of gender mainstreaming in development planning; integrate gender equity into strategic planning processes; consider legislative initiatives to improve gender equality and reduce discrimination; and under how to design and implement gender budgeting.

Cutting-edge topics in the new post-Covid "normal" are presented and discussed in keynote lectures with simultaneous interpretation in English, French and Spanish. The Academy will cover digitalization processes and inclusion, care work and the care economy, work-life integration and telework, key equality and inclusion issues in the workplace, and future perspectives.

This online course is for people who design, implement and monitor climate-smart agriculture that focuses on gender equity. Although it refers to World Bank priorities, it is intended for a broader audience. As the course is online, you will need access to the internet. You will also need to create an account, with a login and passcode. Learning is self-paced, and takes about 30 hours to complete.

The Online Executive Training, "Young Women Leadership on Climate Adaptation" is a virtual educational and capacity building programme that responds to the climate crisis by elevating the leadership of young African women. The 20-week long comprehensive training program is tailored to young African women in influential roles leading and advocating for sustainable solutions, and building resilience to the changing climate, initially in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe. The customized training material will leverage their impact as agents of change by building knowledge on solutions to our climate crisis, enhancing leadership skills, and connecting professional networks. The Online Executive Training fuses leadership skills-building seminars with educational modules on climate adaptation and has been designed to be easily replicated and scaled, so that the material can be adapted and re-used, contributing to the sustainability and implementation of climate adaptation action across different local and regional levels.