Through this programme, you will gain an understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment, and how these can be supported in daily life. You will learn about tools and instruments for developing a gender policy. Additionally, we will address a range of relevant issues, from strategy and policy to individual agency, constraints, and ways to overcome them. This programme mostly attracts people coming from or working in Emerging Economies.

Reasons to follow

• Understand what gender equality and women empowerment mean and how these can be supported, including in daily life
• Learn about tools and instruments for gender policy
• Understand why gender mainstreaming and women empowerment are important

Course objectives

• Have a conceptual and practical understanding of gender related issues and institutionalisation
• Understand how you can assess gender equality and women empowerment within your institution and/or environment
• Have acquired deeper insight into underlying concepts, mechanisms and dynamics
• Gain experience from other participants coming from all parts over the world