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
| Day 1 | |
| Welcome/Introductions/Agenda1 hour | 1 hour |
| “Vote With Your Feet” | 45 minutes |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Defining Gender and Related Terms | 1 hour |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| Gender Framework Domains | 2 hours 15 min. |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Gender Continuum | 1 hour |
| Questions/Reading Assignments/Wrap Up | 15 minutes |
| Day 2 | |
| Welcome/Recap/Day 2 Agenda | 15 minutes |
| Gender in USAID’s Automated Directive System (ADS) | 1 hour |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Overview of Principals and Elements | 40 minutes |
| Integrating Gender Throughout the Program Cycle, Review of the Six Steps and Examples | 1 hour |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| Small Group Work | 1 hour 30 min. |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Poster Session and Debrief | 50 minutes |
| Questions/Wrap Up/Evaluation | 30 minutes |
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
| Day 1 | |
| Welcome/Introductions/Agenda | 1 hour |
| “Vote With Your Feet” | 45 minutes |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Defining Gender and Related Concepts | 1 hour |
| Introduction to Gender and Safe Motherhood | 1 hour |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| How Gender Affects Safe Motherhood across the Life Cycle | 1 hour 30 min. |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Gender Continuum with Safe Motherhood Examples | 1 hour 30 min. |
| Questions/Wrap Up | 15 minutes |
| Day 2 | |
| Welcome/Recap/Day 2 Agenda | 15 minutes |
| Introduction to Gender Analysis and Safe Motherhood | 1 hour |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Applying Gender Analysis and Integration in Safe Motherhood | 2 hours |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| Gender in USAID’s Automated Directive System (ADS) | 1 hour |
| Action Planning | 30 minutes |
| Close and Evaluation | 15 minutes |
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
Welcome/Introductions/Agenda1 hour
| Day 1 | |
| Welcome/Introductions/Agenda | 1 hour |
| “Vote With Your Feet” | 30 minutes |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Act Like a Man, Act Like a Woman | 1 hour 15 min |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| Gender in USAID’s Automated Directive System (ADS) | 45 minutes |
| What is Sexuality? | 1 hour 30 min. |
| Shaping our Sexualities (break during group work) | 1 hour 45 min. |
| Wrap-up, questions | 10 minutes |
| Day 2 | |
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions and Myths | 45 minutes |
| Action Planning for Your HIV Program | 45 minutes |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Gender Continuum | 1 hour |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| Gender Analysis Domains | 1 hour |
| Gender Integration Case Studies | 1 hour 30 min |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Close and Evaluation | 15 minutes |
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
| Day 1 | |
| Welcome/Introductions/Agenda | 1 hour |
| “Vote With Your Feet” | 45 minutes |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Defining Gender and Related Concepts | 1 hour |
| Act Like a Man, Act Like a Woman OR Images of Male and Female Roles | 1 hour 15 min. |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| Problem Trees and Gender Analysis | 2 hours 45 min. |
| Day 2 | |
| Welcome/Recap/Day 2 Agenda | 15 minutes |
| Gender, Justice and the Home | 1 hour 15 min. |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Gender, Justice and the Community | 1 hour 30 min. |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| Why Engage Men in RH and How Has the Field Evolved? | 1 hour |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Framework Introduction—PowerPoint and Case Studies | 1 hour 15 min. |
| Types of CME Interventions | 1 hour |
| Close and Evaluation | 15 minutes |
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
| Day 1 | |
| Welcome/Introductions/Agenda | 1 hour |
| “Vote With Your Feet” | 45 minutes |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Defining Gender, GBV and Related Concepts | 1 hour |
| Myths and Realities of GBV | 30 minutes |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| The Life Cycle of Violence Against Women | 1 hour 30 min. |
| How Prevalent is GBV? What are the RH Consequences? | 30 minutes |
| How is GBV Perpetuated at Different Levels? | 2 hours |
| Questions/ Wrap Up | 10 minutes |
| Day 2 | |
| Welcome/Recap/Day 2 Agenda | 15 minutes |
| Why Does she Stay? Video and Discussion | 1 hour |
| Addressing GBV Through USAID’s Health Programs | 50 minutes |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Gender Continuum with GBV examples | 1 hours |
| Lunch | 1 hour |
| Introduction to Gender Analysis and Integration | 1 hour |
| Break | 15 minutes |
| Gender Analysis for GBV Case Study and Exercise | 1 hour 45 min. |
| Close and Evaluation | 15 minutes |