GTCoP - Community of Practice Training for Gender Equality

Start date: 18 September 2017 - End date: 20 October 2017

Institution: UN Women Training Centre

Language: English

Modality: Blended

Cost: US$1,500 (group discounts available)

Deadline: 14 August 2017

Description:

This blended course on Gender Mainstreaming aims to strengthen capacity of UN System, development organisations, governments and other stakeholders to mainstream gender in public policies, programmes and projects and institutions and organizations. It will take place from 18- September – 13 October online and from 16-20 October face-to-face in Bangkok, Thailand.

Contact: mainstreaming.tc@unwomen.org

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Start date: 11 September 2017 - End date: 29 September 2017

Institution: Institute for Peace & Dialogue (IPD)

Language: English

Modality: Face to face

Cost: 1000 EUR (10 days without accommodation)/1800-2000 EUR (10 days with accommodation)/3600-4000 EUR (20 days with accommodation)

Deadline: 1 July 2017

Description:

The Summer Academy 2017 Program will strengthen the skills of participants in peace building, mediation, conflict resolution, security, intercultural dialogue and human rights. Targeted participants include participants of state organisations, the private sector, INGOs/NGOs, academic/education institutions, religious organisations, independent mediators and others. The dates for the program are: 

• VII International Summer Academy: 11 - 20 August, 2017 (10 Days) 
  
• VIII International Summer Academy: 20 - 29 August, 2017 (10 Days)

Participants can take part in one 10 day program, or both programs over the course of 20 days. A 3-Month CAS Research Program is also available (August - November, 2017

Contact: fhuseynli@ipdinstitute.ch

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Start date: 11 September 2017 - End date: 15 September 2017

Institution: ITC-ILO

Language: English

Modality: Online

Cost: EUR 2,180

Deadline: 8 September 2017

Description:

This course aims to strengthen the capacity of participants to understand the principles of international labour standards (ILS) as they relate to company operations (including due diligence related to labour rights) and how these principles can be most effectively implemented in company operations along their supply chains. This course is designed for CSR professionals (in companies, consulting firms or CSR initiatives) seeking to align operations, including supply chains, with ILS principles or dealing on a daily basis with challenges related to respecting workers' rights. Managers of companies supplying to brands which are faced with many, and often conflicting, demands, may find this course particularly useful. In addition, this course might be of interest to trade unions, civil society organizations and government officials dealing with national CSR policies and/or national action plans on business and human rights. At the end of the course, participants will: 

• Be familiar with ILO’s core labour standards (child labour, forced labour, discrimination, and freedom of association and collective bargaining), their function and formulation as well as implementation and other relevant ILO tools relevant from a CSR perspective; 
• Be able to analyse international instruments and frameworks on CSR referencing International Labour Standards; 
• Understand the different roles of governments, the private sector, and employers’ and workers’ organizations could play in the development and implementation of CSR policies and practices; be updated on company practices, selected from a variety of geographical, sectoral and operational contexts; 
• Be able to better advise and serve their institutions, organizations or enterprises in the area of ILS and Decent Work and in their daily operations.
  

Contact: mne-gsc@itcilo.org

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Start date: 8 September 2017 - End date: 7 October 2017

Institution: Human Rights & Justice Group

Language: English

Modality: Online

Cost:

Deadline: 4 September 2017

Description:

This course is designed to prompt an exploration of common behaviours and attitudes towards gender differences. It will present facts and figures about the situation of women and men in society and references from key documents that highlight policies formulated to address gender concerns. This e-learning course will:

• Empower  participants with tools and sector-specific guidelines for gender mainstreaming in their institutions and development planning. 
• Improve the abilities of participants to reduce gender inequalities in their various homes, organisation and communities. 
• Introduce exercises and reflective activities designed to explore basic gender concepts and enhance gender analysis skills, which can be applied in the formulation of policies, the design of programmes, and the exercise of evaluation. 

The course is aimed at gender focal points, women organization, programs and project managers, researchers, policy-makers, activists, women advocates and feminists, students, staff of NGOs and CBOs, staff of UN specialised agencies, donor agency field workers, volunteers, development actors, trainers, students, government officials etc. 

Contact: info@justicegroup.org

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Start date: 6 September 2017 - End date: 21 November 2017

Institution: Global Human Rights Education and Training Centre (HREA)

Language: English

Modality: Online

Cost: US$ 725 for participants (after 1 July 2017: US$ 825) / US$ 275 for auditors (US$ 350 after 1 July 2017)

Deadline: 1 July 2017

Description:

This advanced e-learning course aims to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge of gender mainstreaming and gender analysis. It draws on best practice and case studies from around the world. The course also provides the opportunity to focus on a specific sectors or policy areas (such as, education, sexual exploitation and abuse, organisational development, or human resources) and for participants to employ this knowledge in their own workplace through an action research topic. The first half of the course will focus on lessons learned in gender mainstreaming in various UN agencies, international non-governmental organisations, governments and programmes. In the second half participants will be introduced to specific gender mainstreaming tools, including the use of gender planning frameworks, and several topical areas based on the interest of the participants. Critical analysis of current theory and practice is encouraged throughout..

Contact: training@hrea.org

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Start date: 4 September 2017 - End date: 8 September 2017

Institution: UN Women Training Centre

Language: English

Modality: Face to face

Cost: USD 2,500

Deadline: 14 July 2017

Description:

This training course aims to strengthen capacity and knowledge of leaders and managers to advance gender equality, women's empowerment, and women's rights agenda within their organizational contexts. It seeks to strengthen leaders' and managers' use of gender-inclusive and transformative leadership principles and practices to address institutional gender biases and promote commitments to gender equality and women's rights. The course will be delivered twice in 2017:

• Option 2: 04 – 08 September 2017 Nairobi, Kenya(Register by 14 July 2017)
  
• Option 1: 03-07 July 2017 Geneva, Switzerland 

The course will focus on the following modules:

• Module 1: Purpose, Principles and Power as a gender-inclusive transformative leader with vision for change
  
• Module 2: Inspiring and Enabling Others to Act to transform teams/organizations to be gender-inclusive and advance gender justice and equality 
  
• Module 3: Priorities for Transformative Action on Gender Equality in planning for context specific actionable ideas to build stronger organizational cultures, programs and strategies

The course is geared to senior managers who work in private and public sector organizations that have a commitment to gender equality. It is designed for those with managerial roles and responsibilities, and/or with functions to provide strategic or visionary guidance to their offices/ organisations. 

To learn more about the course, please see the course PDF flyer.

Contact: leadingforge.tc@unwomen.org

URL: Transformative Leadership for Gender Equality and Women's Rights (Application Form)

Start date: 4 September 2017 - End date: 13 October 2017

Institution: ITC-ILO

Language:

Modality: Blended

Cost: EUR 3,100 (This includes tuition fees of 2,500 Euros and subsistence costs of 600 Euros)

Deadline: 18 August 2017

Description:

This blended course will enable participants to explore participatory gender auditing (PGA) tools and their versatile use in small and large organisations. Participants' competencies will be developed during the distance learning part of the course (4 September - 6 October 2017) and tested during the face-to-face training in Turin, Italy (13 October 2017). Successful participants will become certified facilitators accredited to conduct PGAs in various types of organisations such as United Nations agencies, private, public and para-public institutions and NGOs.

The ILO PGA certification will ensure high quality standards for facilitators implementing the PGA and will provide guarantees to organisations undergoing a PGA that certified PGA facilitators reflect the quality standards set out by ITC-ILO. Specifically, the certification will provide facilitators with competencies like: 

• Applying a gender perspective to analytical work; 
  
• Detecting and mapping discrimination at work; 
• Identifying strategies for advocacy and capacity-building in promoting inclusive workplaces; 
• Improving communications competence and organisational capacity to form a coordinated Gender Audit team; 
• Analysing accountability, evaluation and monitoring systems and instruments in place for gender equality and change management; and
• Identifying challenges and potential improvements. 

Contact: ilsgen@itcilo.org

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Start date: 4 September 2017 - End date: 8 September 2017

Institution: ITC-ILO

Language: English

Modality: Face to face

Cost: EUR 1,520

Deadline: 21 July 2017

Description:

The course will introduce companies to the practical steps they can take to prevent and address the impacts of child labour, including the worst forms of child labour, that may arise in their operations or in their supply chains. It draws extensively on the ILO-IOE Child Labour Guidance Tool for Business, as well as the best practices recommended by the Child Labour Platform, a business-led forum for tackling child labour in supply chains. This course will be held in Turin, Italy. It is intended for companies seeking to strengthen their efforts to eliminate child labour. It may also be of interest to other stakeholders, such as governments, employers' organizations, trade unions, civil society organizations, investors and groups representing investors which are seeking to support, incentivise or require companies to prevent and address child labour impacts in their operations.

Contact: ils-clflt@itcilo.org

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Start date: 4 September 2017 - End date: 8 September 2017

Institution: ITC-ILO

Language:

Modality:

Cost: EUR 2,180

Deadline: 1 August 2017

Description:

This course's objective is to support the design and implementation of youth employment programmes incorporating rigorous monitoring and evaluation plans, with special emphasis on gender issues and the needs of the most vulnerable youth. The course will be delivered in Turin, Italy, in partnership with IFAD as part of an IFAD-financed project, titled "Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa".

Contact: youth@itcilo.org

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Start date: 1 September 2017 - End date: 31 December 2017

Institution: Comunicar Igualdad ( Asociación Civil Comunicación para la Igualdad, Argentina)

Language: Español

Modality: Online

Cost:

Deadline:

Description:

Entre septiembre y diciembre 2017, la Asociación Civil Comunicación para la Igualdad ofrecerá 3 cursos virtuales de duración breve, entre 2 y 3 meses, sobre diversos temas vinculados a género: 

• Septiembre-octubre: Discursos y decires de y sobre las mujeres desde un enfoque de género y feminista. Docentes: Valeria Fernández Hassan y Soledad Gil. 
• Octubre-noviembre: Planes de igualdad e indicadores de género. Docente: Mónica Gelambí. 
• Noviembre-diciembre: Diseño gráfico y construcción de identidades: desafíos contemporáneos. Docentes: Griselda Flesler y Valeria Durán.
  

Para más información contacte capacitacioncomig@gmail.com

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