Gender in Health and Development Course

Gender in Health and Development Course

Fees: US$300

Course Dates:
4- 8 October 2010

Learning Outcomes/ Programme Purpose

Target audience

The workshop is designed for middle management level officers in government ministries and development agencies responsible for health programmes, projects and activities.

Overall objective

The participants will be able to mainstream gender in their programmes and activities.

Specific Objectives

The objectives of the Gender and Health workshop are to:

  • Strengthen the overall capacity of the participants in gender analysis
  • Equip the participants with skills and techniques for gender mainstreaming.
  • Appreciate the importance of mainstreaming gender in their programmes, projects and activities.

Course organisation

The course covers the following main units

  • Gender, gender equality, development, rights and gender mainstreaming
  • Gender analysis – concepts, framework and methodology
  • Gender mainstreaming
  • Monitoring and evaluation of gender mainstreaming

Unit 1: Gender and Gender Related Definitions and Concepts
Content:

  • Attitudes towards women and men
  • Gender and gender related concepts
  • Gender power relations

Learning Outputs:

  • Consensus on the definitions of gender related concepts
  • Appreciation of cultural attitudes
  • Understanding of gender power relations

Unit 2: Gender and Health
Content

  • Development and gender equality
  • Human rights and gender
  • Health rights and gender

Learning Outputs:

  • Differentiation of various approaches to development and gender
  • Understanding of gender in the context of human and health rights

Unit 3: Tools for Gender Analysis
Outputs:

  • Understanding tools of gender analysis
  • Skills of applying tools in their programs and projects

Content

  • Introduction
  • Harward Analytical Framework
  • People-Oriented Planning
  • Moser Framework
  • Gender Analysis Matrix
  • Women’s Empowerment Framework
  • Capacities and Vulnerabilities

Analysis Framework

  • Social Relations Approach

Unit 4: Gender Mainstreaming
Content:

  • What is gender mainstreaming
  • Problem analysis – root causes
  • Common concerns in gender mainstreaming
  • Mainstreaming project cycle

Outputs:

  • Skills in gender mainstreaming
  • Appreciation of the importance of mainstreaming

Unit 5: Monitoring Gender Mainstreaming
Learning Outputs:

  • Skills in developing gender sensitive indicators
  • Ability to develop monitoring plans and implementing them

Learning Content:

  • Indicators
  • Monitoring process
  • Monitoring gender mainstreaming

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