COURSE DESCRIPTION:
GENDER ISSUES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION course is designed to prompt an exploration of common behaviors and attitudes towards gender differences. It will present facts and figures about the situation of women and men in our society today – and references from key documents that highlight policies formulated to address gender concerns. Recent events have shown that if governments are serious about achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG’s, it is essential that gender be taken into account for all the goals. Gender equality in the SDG’s touches almost exclusively on the area of education, and research does show the importance of equality in this area, but this is not sufficient. This course will empower the participants with tools and sector-specific guidelines for gender mainstreaming in their various institutions and development planning. It will further improve the abilities of participants to reduce gender inequalities in their various homes, organisation and communities.
Besides, the course also aims at the following:
- Train cadres as gender sensitive policy makers and change agents.
- Establish of a pool of qualified advocates and change agents to promote gender studies at organizational and country level
- Encourage and support advocacy, mainstreaming and championing on GAD
- Promote of the cause of women empowerment to achieve gender equality, and
EXPECTED OUTCOMES:
The overall purpose of the training programme is to enhance the gender-responsive planning of key institutions and the management skills of their employees, so that they can more effectively play their part in implementing gender-sensitive development policies as well as mainstreaming gender in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, SDG’s.
FOR MORE DETAILS AND COURSE OUTLINE PLEASE CONTACT:
PIERRE DUPLIS BRENNER
The Admission Director
AFRICA INSTITUTE FOR CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT (AICD)
HEAD OFFICE:
21 Detroit Plaza |Pretoria Road|Kempton Park|
Gauteng. SOUTH AFRICA
Telephone : +27 733797377
Whatsapp Number : +27 733797377
For more information https://aicdtraining.com/apply-online/
