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Gender Training Community of Practice (GT CoP)

Gender training as a concrete mechanism for building capacity for gender mainstreaming, and a way to make development cooperation more inclusive and responsive, has been implemented - from differing perspectives, with differing methodologies, and with varying levels of commitment - since the Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995. It has been presented as crucial to organizational development and capacity-building, as well as key to changing attitudes and behaviours and building capacity at the operational level.

While both institutions and governments have attempted to instill gender-sensitivity and responsiveness into their staff, what has passed for “gender training” has, overall, not worked to the wider purpose of supporting, contributing to, initiating or effecting transformative change in gender relations or to an increase in capacity to deliver development programming services for women equally with men. Overall, the results of gender training, whether part of larger gender mainstreaming processes or not, have been mixed. What has passed for “gender training” has covered such a wide variety of experiences, topics and audiences that there is no longer an agreed definition of what gender training is, how it should be done, and with whom.

Though evaluations of individual gender training sessions may be positive, evaluations of gender training overall have not indicated significant organizationallevel change in programme and practice. Individual, one-off, or ad-hoc training delivered on short-term contracts gives the people responsible for gender training – at the programmatic and oversight levels - no opportunity to compare experiences, forge relationships with other practitioners for mutual support, feedback and possible co-facilitators, or identify what works in gender training and how to capitalize on it.

Considering this situation and as a result of several virtual discussions and other networking experiences, UN-INSTRAW developing a Community of Practice (CoP) on Gender Training, which aims to bring together practitioners from all over the world with a diversity of knowledge and experiences on gender training in multiple topics and contexts. This CoP will promote dialogue and analysis of the state of the art in gender training, identification of the achievements and challenges and reflection on how gender training can be strengthened as a component of gender mainstreaming and sustainable development.

Taking into account your professional expertise and knowledge in this field, as well as your commitment to gender training and the achievement of gender equality, UN-INSTRAW is pleased to invite you to be part of this Community of Practice (CoP) on Gender Training.

http://www.un-instraw.org:80/en/community-of-practice/general/gender-training-community-of-practice-gt.html

Gender Training Community of Practice (GT CoP)

Welcome the UN-INSTRAW Gender Training Community of Practice Web Site!

The Gender Training CoP aims to bring together practitioners from all over the world with a diversity of knowledge and experiences, in order to take stock of the present situation of gender training; what the real successes and failures have been and how gender training can be strengthened as a component of gender mainstreaming and sustainable development.

This web site is the home and workspace of the Gender Training CoP to encourage dialogue and exchange of experiences and also to facilitate access to information on gender training.

You will find a Gender Training Wiki with the most updated and complete information on institutions, trainings, training materials and opportunities on gender training; examples and templates of key documents associated with successful gender training.

Visit our on-line Gender Training Virtual Dialogues where virtual discussions will be held on specific dates and issues. Or just start your own thread and invite other CoP members on topics of your interest in our Forum.

Gender Training CoP Activities
First Virtual Dialogue
"Current Situation in Gender Training"
September 22nd to October 17th, 2008.

Join our Gender Training Community of Practice now! Read our Gender Training CoP Terms of Reference and complete and send the on-line application form now.

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