Gender Integration

If there is time to go beyond the 1-day prerequisite Gender 101 workshop, the following 2-day agenda is recommended to offer the Gender 101 elements with more in-depth sessions around gender integration. This longer agenda focuses on techniques for integrating gender into programs and projects and is based on the “Manual for Integrating Gender into Reproductive Health and HIV Programs: From Commitment to Action.” Participants gain an understanding of the principals and elements of gender-integrated projects as well as skills-building in integrating gender into the six steps of the project cycle.

Please find detailed facilitator’s guides and handouts for each activity in the IGWG Training Facilitator’s Menu.

Agenda: Two-day Gender Integration

Safe Motherhood

If there is time to go beyond the 1-day prerequisite Gender 101 workshop, the following 2-day agenda is recommended to integrate the Gender 101 elements with more in-depth sessions around Safe Motherhood. This training is ideal for program staff working in Safe Motherhood who want to build their skills on integrating gender into their programming. The module provides capacity building on foundational gender and gender analysis concepts and tools, with a special focus on how gender impacts safe motherhood.

Please find detailed facilitator’s guides and handouts for each activity in the IGWG Facilitator’s Menu.

Agenda: Two-day Gender + Safe Motherhood

Gender, HIV and Sexuality

If there is time to go beyond the 1-day prerequisite Gender 101 workshop, the following 2-day agenda is recommended to integrate the Gender 101 elements with more in-depth sessions around their technical expertise. This training is for program staff working in HIV and sexuality who want to build their skills to integrate gender into their programming. The module provides capacity building on areas such as sexual discrimination, gender identity and gender integration into case studies.

Please find detailed facilitator’s guides and handouts for each activity in the IGWG Facilitator’s Menu.

Agenda: Two-day Gender + HIV and Sexuality

Constructive Male Engagement

If there is time to go beyond the 1-day prerequisite Gender 101 workshop, the following 2-day agenda is recommended to integrate the Gender 101 elements with more in-depth sessions around their technical expertise. Through an extended exploration of men’s roles in family planning, sexuality, STIs, safe motherhood, and violence against women, this session allows participants analyze the social impact of the different RH experiences of men and women and identify how some types of men’s involvement perpetuate unequal power relationships. The module focuses on gender-integrated programming that fosters constructive engagement of men and also provides capacity building on foundational gender and gender analysis concepts and tools.

Please find detailed facilitator’s guides and handouts for all activities in the IGWG Facilitator’s Menu. There are also alternate agenda examples (including one that features M&E) in the archives section of the IGWG website.

Agenda: Two-day Gender + Constructive Men’s Engagement

Gender-Based Violence

If there is time to go beyond the 1-day prerequisite Gender 101 workshop, the following 2-day agenda is recommended to integrate the Gender 101 elements with more in-depth sessions around their technical expertise. This introduction to GBV focuses on intimate partner violence in the context of health. Workshop participants explore the types of violence GBV includes, violence that occurs through a woman's life cycle, and its impact on women's health. Recent DHS and WHO data and country-specific health data is discussed. Participants also explore the myths and realities of GBV and why many women remain in violent relationships, as well as examine strategies to address GBV and how to apply these to their own projects. Please find detailed facilitator’s guides and handouts for all activities in the IGWG Facilitator’s Menu. There are also alternate agenda examples (including one that features M&E) in the archives section of the IGWG website.

Agenda: Two-day Gender + Gender-Based Violence