GTCoP - Community of Practice Training for Gender Equality

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

URL: Read more

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

URL: Register here & learn more

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

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

URL: More information & registration

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)