GTCoP - Community of Practice Training for Gender Equality

Start date: 24 October 2017 - End date: 31 December 2018

Institution: UN Women Training Centre

Language: English

Modality: Online

Cost: Free

Deadline:

Description:

This self-paced course  enhances participants' understanding of the relevance of CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women - and its application in their daily work. 

The objective of this course is to enhance the capacity of UN programme staff at national, regional and global offices, to support the implementation of CEDAW by national counterparts via: 

• Increased knowledge about CEDAW, including its core principles, core obligations of States parties to CEDAW, the reporting cycle, domestication of CEDAW at national level, and the use of the optional protocol to CEDAW. 
• Enhanced skills to apply the substantive framework of CEDAW in legislative, policy and institutional analysis and incorporate CEDAW in programming and policy advocacy work. 
• Strengthened awareness of women’s rights violations and gender inequality and strengthened commitment to promote women’s human rights and gender equality.

The course can be completed online in 4-6 hours, involving dynamic multimedia components (videos, quizzes, infographics, case studies, etc). A certificate of completion is given at the end of the course if participants' score over 80% on the final test.

Contact: info.trainingcentre@unwomen.org

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Start date: 11 October 2017 - End date: 21 November 2017

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

Language: English

Modality: Online

Cost: US$ 435 for participants (after 1 September 2017: US$ 495)/US$ 165 for auditors (US$ 195 after 1 September 2017)

Deadline: 1 September 2017

Description:

This e-learning course introduces participants to principles, strategies, normative frameworks and policy approaches on engaging men and boys on gender equality. Examining critical concepts such as masculinity, patriarchy and intersectionality, the course discusses why a holistic approach is central to achieving gender equality and explores the relationship between gender equality, sustainable development and human rights. Through case studies, it will also look at how practitioners can use these concepts to transform gender relations and overcome gender inequalities faced by women and men. Participants will think critically about how men and boys can serve both as change agents and as target groups in realising gender equality and gender justice for all. This course will focus on the lessons learned by organisations that have carried out gender equality programmes that have engaged men and boys in fields such as gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health and rights, domestic work and caregiving, education, income generation and economic empowerment of women.

Contact: training@hrea.org

URL: More information & registration

Start date: 2 October 2017 - End date: 4 December 2017

Institution: Sistema Integrado de Gestión de Capacitación de ILPES/CEPAL

Language: Español

Modality: Online

Cost:

Deadline: 10 Septiembre 2017

Description:

Lla quinta versión del curso a distancia sobre Políticas Públicas de Cuidado para el Desarrollo tiene como objetivo conocer las políticas públicas relacionadas con el cuidado como instrumentos para la igualdad de género y la valoración del trabajo no remunerado, así como sus implicaciones para desarrollar un enfoque de corresponsabilidad social. Sus objetivos específicos son: 

• Conocer y analizar las políticas públicas relacionadas con el cuidado en América Latina y el Caribe desde la perspectiva de los derechos humanos y de su impacto sobre el desarrollo. 
• Comprender el significado de la categoría de cuidado en el análisis de las desigualdades sociales y de género. 
• Reconocer e identificar las principales herramientas de la política y sus implicancias sobre la igualdad de género (presupuestos, planificación). 
• Analizar críticamente casos nacionales de políticas de cuidado. 
• Identificar y utilizar indicadores relevantes para el monitoreo y análisis de las políticas públicas de cuidado.

El curso está dirigido principalmente a funcionarios públicos de los mecanismos para adelanto de la mujer (MAM), Institutos de estadística (INE) y otros organismos públicos ministerios de desarrollo social, del trabajo y otros, así como de otras dependencias vinculadas a programas de igualdad de género en organismos estadales/regionales y municipales. También está dirigido a profesionales del sector no gubernamental y universidades. 

Contact: sigca@cepal.org

URL: Registrarse aquí

Start date: 2 October 2017 - End date: 6 October 2017

Institution: ITC-ILO

Language: English

Modality: Face to face

Cost: EUR 2,180

Deadline: 8 September 2017

Description:

This course's objective is to equip participants with skills for conducting impact evaluations, with a special focus on youth employment programmes. This training will combine sessions for discussion on fundamental concepts related to youth and women employment interventions, sessions focused on properties of different techniques for impact evaluation and exercises with a statistical software for applying the techniques to real data. Offered jointly by ITC-ILO and IFAD, this course course on monitoring and evaluation of employment programmes, with a particular focus on interventions targeted at women and rural youth, will be delivered as part of an IFAD-financed project, “Strengthening gender monitoring and evaluation in rural employment in the Near East and North Africa.” Upon completion, it is expected that participants will: 

• Have deepened their understanding of employment indicators relevant for young people and reviewed the most typical designs of youth employment promotion interventions; 
  
• Have improved or updated their knowledge of quantitative impact evaluation concepts and methods; 
  
• Have reviewed and tested impact evaluation methods and techniques; 
  
• Have applied the different quantitative techniques to real data and interpreted the results; 
  
• Be in a position to identify the most pertinent type of impact evaluation technique, taking into account specific characteristics of the programme design and data needs.
  

Contact: youth@itcilo.org

URL: Learn more & register here

Start date: 25 September 2017 - End date: 2 November 2017

Institution: MDF Netherlands

Language: English

Modality: Blended

Cost: €3,550

Deadline: 10 October 2017

Description:

This blended course targets professionals in the development sector, who know about gender and inclusiveness but would like to make it practical in their projects/programmes, teams and/or organisations. Trainees will learn to systematically analyse differences in interest, power and decision making among different social groups; men and women, girls, boys, youths and elderly persons, able-bodied people and persons with disabilities, and how to capitalise on each group's strengths. The course offers a blended learning trajectory, combining online learning and face-to-face training. The first 4 weeks of the course, starting on September 25, participants learn by distance through the online learning platform. Participants are requested to spend 2-3 hours per week in the online course. The face-to-face part includes 8 days in Ede, the Netherlands. 

Contact: KL@mdf.nl

URL: Register here

Start date: 20 September 2017 - End date: 30 September 2017

Institution: Women's Human Rights Education Institute (held in Oxford, UK)

Language: English

Modality: Blended

Cost: US$ 1,400 (includes on-line learning pre-programme)

Deadline: September 2017

Description:

The CEDAW for Change Institute/Training Program aims to provide training participants with an understanding of human rights principles and obligations in the context of the international human rights system, to prepare participants to understand the CEDAW Convention as a living document and to apply its principles practically to support women’s equality and empowerment. This unique educational institute brings feminist perspectives and an activist orientation to the inextricably related issues of peace, human rights and life-sustaining development. It is directed towards women’s organization representatives, human rights defenders, government representatives, researchers, grassroots community leaders, educators, lawyers, and others. The initiative will be held in Oxford, UK, spanning an online programme and a one-week Institute from September 25 – 30, 2017.

Contact: info@learnwhr.org

URL: Learn more & register here

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

URL: Learn more & register here

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

URL: Learn more & register here