****Early Bird Price In Effect****

Gender Training Workshop
July 27-31, 2015

Mosaic.net International Inc. 

Held at the University of Ottawa

www.mosaic-net-intl.ca

Why You Should Attend?
Organizations, programmes and projects are increasingly being asked to develop gender equality policies and strategies that seek to provide women and men with equal opportunities and ensure that their interventions are gender-sensitive or at the very least do not reinforce inequities.  The gender training workshop seeks to provide workshop participants with core concepts, gender analytic frameworks and gender strategies that can improve the effectiveness of your organization, programmes and projects in working with vulnerable and marginalized women and men, boys and girls. The workshop will move you beyond the theory to apply in practical and useful ways gender analysis and gender sensitive strategies to your organization and its programmes and projects to achieve greater social justice, development and peace.  

The Approach 
The Gender Training workshop, a joint collaboration between Gender Equality Incorporated and Mosaic.net International, is based on a hands-on approach to gender equality that can be applied in Canada and overseas.  You will move beyond understanding the key concepts underlying gender equality to working with different gender frameworks, applying gender to project design, monitoring and reporting to focus on gender mainstreaming in organizations and programmes.  You will also move beyond seeing gender equality as more than women’s participation to develop strategies targeting men and their relationship with women and designing actions that will see their relationship with women change so that both can reach their full potential.  Developing interventions based on a solid gender analysis will enable you to design programmes and projects based on differential needs, priorities and issues so that your intervention reinforces positive change for both women and men, boys and girls. You will learn how to undertake a participatory gender audit of your programme and organization and introduce strategies to make your organization more gender-sensitive. 

What Results to Expect?
You can expect to enhance your awareness, knowledge and skills in any of the following areas:

• Mastering key concepts like equity vs. equality; division of labour, strategic interest vs needs, equal treatment vs equal opportunity, gender integration vs mainstreaming, etc…
• Reviewing key national laws and international covenants in the field of gender like the Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW and the Millennium Development Goals;
• Applying a gender analysis and developing gender strategies for your project or programme;
• Designing, monitoring and reporting using a gender lens and approach;
• Mainstreaming gender into your organization and undertaking gender audits.

Who Will Be There?
The workshop is designed for women and men:

• Gender specialists with Government, NGOs and the UN system;
• International development practitioners who are responsible for integrating gender into their organization, programme and/or project;
• Academics who are interested in learning participatory and experiential methods and approaches to teaching gender;
• Decision-makers who make critical decisions on organizational policy, resource allocations, project design, monitoring and evaluation;
• Change agents who want to learn positive and constructive methods and tools to sensitize their organization, programmes and projects to gender equality;
• Trainers and students who want practical insights that such training can offer.

Workshop Agenda
This is an intensive five-day course designed to maximize learning, group interaction, networking and developing practical skills.  Sessions begin at 8:30 in the morning and run all day except for registration the first morning.  Register early online at www.mosaic-net-intl.ca to reserve your place. 

Day 1:  Moving Beyond Concepts and Understanding Key National and International Agreements

• 8:15 Registration
• Mastering Key Concepts underlying Gender Equality
• Reviewing Normative national and International Laws and Agreements in your country, Beijing Platform for Action, CEDAW, Human Rights of Women and the girl and the Millennium Development Goals
• Social hour 5:30 - 6:30pm

Day 2:  Special one day workshop with Sunny Marriner on Violence Against Women (VAW)
Sunny Marriner will facilitate a day long session on Violence against Women (VAW).  As Executive Director of the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, activist, frontline support worker and trainer, Sunny brings over 20 years experience to the field of VAW.  The workshop will cover the following topics:

For those interested in attending only this one day workshop, the cost will be CAD $ 395.

Day 3:  Applying Gender Analysis Frameworks to the Workplace

• Learning and Choosing a Gender Framework:  Harvard Analytic Framework, Moser Framework, Gender Analysis Framework, Women’s Empowerment (Longwe) Framework
• The role of Gender Analysis Frameworks in ‘mainstreaming’ gender
• Advantages and disadvantages of these frameworks
• Field-work in Ottawa using a gender lens

Day 4:  Integrating gender into programmes and projects

• Designing gender-sensitive logic models and results
• Developing gender-sensitive indicators
• What to look for when monitoring programmes and projects?
• How to report gender results for your programme and project

Day 5:   Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Audits

• How to mainstream gender into your organization
• Real-life experiences with gender mainstreaming
• Overcoming Resistance
• Undertaking Gender Audits
• Building your Action Plan
• Evaluation and Certificates for 4:30 pm

How Will This be Achieved?
This is a practical hands on workshop.  The format will vary between presentations, individual and group work, case studies drawn from participants to encourage the sharing of knowledge and experiences that can be applied to real life situations.

There will be a field assignment in and around Ottawa that will give you an opportunity to undertake a gender audit.

Need More Information on Logistics?
Check out our website for information on visas, health insurance, affordable accommodations, weather and transportation in Ottawa here .  

Information Sheet: Briefing Information for Workshop Participants

Check our homepage at www.mosaic-net-intl.ca for briefing information for workshop participants for detailed information on visas, health insurance, hotels, weather and transportation.

More Information

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