7-day Gender and Human Rights Training Course/workshop
June 16-20, 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
This page gives details about the objectives and the topics of the Gender Course. For the registration form click here . At the end of the registration form there is a chart to calculate the total amount for the registration and hotel fee and the number and address of the bank account to transfer the money. For a 7-day course, a 8 night stay is required. This page provides first a brief summary of the gender course, and then a detailed description.
SUMMARY
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Title: |
Seven-day Gender and Human Rights training workshops at intermediate and advanced levels, "Women, Men and Development in Southeast Asia" |
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Location & Fees |
Royal benja or Eastin Hotel, Bangkok
Thailand The total cost consists of registration fee of $1000 + hotel charges
($34 for shared and $48 for single) + travel. Price with hotel details are at
the end of the registration
form |
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Organization: |
WARI (Women's Action &
Resource Initiative) |
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Contact Person: |
Punjama at gendertrain@yahoo.com |
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Goals & Objectives |
Workshops aim at a broad
spectrum of staff working for NGOs, research institutions, governments and UN
agencies who need a thorough grounding in gender issues. Both workshops
(Intermediate and advanced) are geared towards people active in the field of
gender and development, enabling them to better apply analytical tools and
strategies to ensure that gender equity and equality are prioritized on
project and program agenda. Gender trainers and gender focal points who wish
to improve their gender analytical skills and participatory training
methodology will also benefit from this course. The courses are taught in a
workshop formats and are conducted by a team of resource persons. Anyone
interested in learning either the intermediate or advance level, can join the
courses but participants from Southeast Asia and other parts of Asia
including Indochina are the main beneficiaries. |
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Intended Target: |
Policy-makers; women's
organizations, NGO's, activists; researchers, donor agencies, gender focal
points, academics, and
international students . |
7-day Gender and Human Rights training courses
WOMEN, MEN AND DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
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October 25-31,
2008 Royal benja or Eastin Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand. Organized by WARI (Women's Action &
Resource Initiative) 55/12 Muang Ake, Pathumthani 12000, Thailand email: gendertrain@yahoo.com |
Background/Context of the
Courses
WARI's experiences with evaluation of many projects
have shown that the gender elements are often missing in most projects. Even women
NGOs are not able to mainstream gender in their own organization as they have
little understanding of the interaction of development with gender in a clear
and integrated manner. We have given recommendations for integration to donor
and NGOs but the challenge is who will increase that understanding as there are
not enough resources of learning that are of short duration but of high
quality. These proposed training programs fill that gap. They put together a
comprehensive list of topics and a team of highly competent resource person of
the region to prepare a powerful course experience.
Objectives
The training workshop hopes
to enhance both the gender sensitivity and the capacity of participants to
understand analyze and utilize gender consideration. The courses are intensive survey courses at the
upper undergraduate/graduate level designed to create a better understanding of
gender concepts and to integrate gender issues with development projects. The
aim is to develop necessary knowledge and expertise to initiate, implement,
formulate and evaluate gender programs and to have a clearer understanding of
historical and cultural aspects of gender construction in Southeast Asia.
Target Groups
The course is suitable for
NGOs, GOs, donors, students, teachers, activists, media persons, and concerned
citizens in Southeast Asia. Most participants will be students, teachers, and
advisors, NGO and GO leaders/workers who deal or want to deal with women/gender
issues in community/development contexts.
Outcomes
Increased conceptual clarity of gender and the totality of development
forces--how they interact, and how to incorporate gender into research/writing,
project implementation, and advocacy efforts. The courses will equip
participants with sufficient knowledge and expertise to participate in national
discussion on CEDAW and MDGs and to systematically implement project or conduct
research/inquiry on gender issues at the local interests.
Method and Approach:
The course is structured to combine a solid, thorough technical foundation in
gender equality and Human Rights with relevant insights and experiences that
are specific to Southeast Asia. Dr. Darunee Tantiwiramanond, director of WARI
will look after the management and Dr. Shashi R. Pandey, (coauther, Women for
Women: Women's Organization in Thailand) will co-facilitate the course along
with Gender Expert Karen Craggs of Gender Equality Incorporated, Toronto,
Canada. Lectures will be a balance between theory and practical applications of
gender analysis methodologies. The courses pedagogy is both teacher-centered
and student-centered providing equal amount of time for both lecture and class
discussion and exchange. Each day will focus on one topic divided into 2
sessions: morning (9-12) and afternoon (2-5). Each session will consist of
approximately 45-minute presentation, occasional 15-minute video, and 45-90
minute group discussion and presentation.
The course is taught in English; Discussion can be conducted in local languages if necessary. Presentations will be in English. Readers and course material will be available. Guidance will be provided for conducting research, writing reports, and making presentations. The courses are suitable to those international participants who will like to learn about gender in SEAsia context and learn from other participants.
Below is a tentative outline of
the main topics and key ideas that we intend to cover in the intermediate and
advanced level workshops. The final details may vary to accommodate the
instructors' expertise and participants' interests. Since the course is only
7-day long, detailed/in-depth discussion of each topic will not be possible.
Key ideas, concepts, controversies and frameworks, however, will be introduced
to increase critical gender literacy at both intermediate and advanced levels
and understanding of development themes and concepts. The main goal of the
intermediate level is to demystify
'gender' and explain the why and how of gender in development projects and
equip participants with basic essential tolls and their applications. At
advanced level, the intermediate knowledge is assumed and more attention is
paid to Human Right documents and the issues of gender budget and men.
Applications to issues also vary in intermediate and advanced levels.
The following details are for a 7 days training workshops.. Participants’ inputs and contributions are welcome inworkshops. Topics will be finalized based on the interest of the participants and may slightly vary from the given and planned outline.
Topics For workshop
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Day 1 |
Introduction
to basic skills and Gender |
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Day 2 |
Human Rights and Justice Concepts Human Right documents:
Universal declaration of Human Rights, Beijing Platform of Action, CEDAW and Millennium
development Goals Advocacy skills and Right
based approach |
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Day 3 |
Gender analysis |
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Day 4 |
Self study, rest |
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Day 5 |
Gender Planning Gender Mainstreaming |
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Day 6 |
Men and GenderRole of men in gender issues: difficulties, challenges and advantages Application of gender to issues of HIV/AIDS, Violence, Trafficking |
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Day 7 |
Application of gender and Human Rights approach to issues of Girl Child, Migrants and Ethnic minorities Summary, open session, Participants' presentations and closing ceremony |
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Organization Profile:
WARI is an independent, secular, non-profit
organization based in Bangkok. It is devoted in general to the issues of
socio-economic development and in particular to the issues of development and
gender. The main goal of WARI is to promote gender sensitivity and capacity
building of GOs & NGOs. It carries out research, education and training
programs, and aims to be a regional media resource and action center. WARI
carries out research so that policies are based on informed choices, and the
knowledge base is expanded for deeper discussions. By our training workshops,
we hope to contribute to Human resource development and to the ongoing and
evolving discussion of gender issues and the process of change.