Gender Mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for promoting gender equality. Gender mainstreaming in academia involves ensuring that gender perspectives and attention to the goal of gender equality are central to all activities of teaching, research and university administration. Gender mainstreaming is a strategy to ensure that diversity is fundamentally incorporated in all of university’s practices and procedures. The workshop promotes an understanding of gender and why gender mainstreaming is necessary for higher education institutions. The workshop will help participants identify strategies for and outcomes of gender mainstreaming.
By the end of the module, participants will be able to:
· Introduce gender training for attitudinal and institutional change
· Develop gender mainstreaming policy
· Develop gender mainstreamed academic curricula
· Help their institution in sustaining a gender-sensitive university culture
Training Methods:
Presentation of theoretical part, exercises, open discussions, self assessment, case study, group work and action plans
For presentation part needed :
· Data show + screen
· Flip charts + flip chart paper