Agenda

09:30

Refreshments

09:45

Chair and Delegate’s Introductions 
Chair’s look ahead to the week 
Delegates’ introductions, objectives and organisational challenges:

• Best advances in the past 5 years
• Biggest set-backs
• 3 main issues to address

10:45

Legal framework analysis

• National/international obligations: CEDAW/SDG5/ The Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: and the Sendai agreement
• What the law says
• How is it implemented – some country analysis
• What are the challenges/ what is not working?

11:15

Morning coffee

11:30

Thematic issue in Gender and Development 1:

Gender and Politics – democracy, and voice.

• Women in Political Elections
• Participation of women voters
• Women candidates and Representation in Parliament
• Minimising violence against women in elections
• Media coverage

12:45

Lunch

13:30

Thematic issue in Gender and Development 2:

Gender and International Politics – representation, participation and the post-conflict environment

• Women’s participation in Peace Talks
• Mainstreaming gender into Security System reforms
• Implementation of UNSCR 1325+. National Action Plans
• Examples from 3 continents

14:45

Coffee Break

15:00

Thematic issue in Gender and Development 3:

Gender-based Violence: Combatting sexual trafficking and exploitation

16:00

Case Study: Practical perspective on combatting trafficking.

16:45

End of Day Wrap Up, questions, close.

09:30

Refreshments

09:45

Chair’s Introduction and Recap 

10:00

Thematic issue in Gender and Development 4:

GBV 2: Reproductive rights

11:00

Case Study: FGM and abortion (dependant on Delegates background)

11:30

Morning Coffee

11:45

Thematic issue in Gender and Development 5:

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (dependant on delegates countries and background)

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Empowering women through entrepreneurship initiatives – comparative analysis

• Local and National Initiatives
• How were they implemented
• What was their impacts?

15:00

Afternoon Tea

15:15

Gender Mainstreaming theory

• Importance of Gender Mainstream theory into policy-making
• Aims, Scope and Methods
• What Gender Mainstreaming is not about.

16:45

End of Day Wrap Up and questions

17:00

Close

09:30

Refreshments

09:45

Chair’s Introduction and Recap 

10:00

Identify Gender Inequalities and Define gender equality objectives

• Understanding your challenges
• Defining clear goals

11:15

Morning Coffee

11:30

12:45

Lunch

13:45

Organisational Capacity Building

15:00

Afternoon tea

15:15

Effective Action plan design

16:45

End of Day Wrap-Up and Questions

17:00

Close

09:30

Registration and Refreshments

09:45

Chair’s Introduction and Recap

10:00

Based on the theory learnt on Day 3, delegates will draft their own Action Plan

11:15

Morning Coffee

11:30

Budgeting your Gender Equity project

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Implementing Effective Policies and Gender Equity Projects

- How to implement effective policies
- Methods for an effective implementation

15:30

Afternoon Tea

15:45

delegates will be given a case example sand invited to conduct monitoring and evaluation from a gender perspective

16:30

End of the Day Wrap Up

16:45

Close

09:30

Registration and Refreshments

09:45

Chair’s Introduction and Recap

10:00

Advocacy and Gender-based Stakeholder management

How to convince colleagues Gender considerations are important and relevant to their work (continued).

Universal principles of advocacy

Why bother with gender? How to convince your colleagues

11:15

Morning Coffee

11:30

Chartered Management Institute Assignments and Criteria

Structuring a written piece of work for assessment - generic overview and principles

12:45

• Certificates
• Evaluation Form

13:00

Lunch