Introduction to Gender Mainstreaming
Introduction to Gender Mainstreaming
A self-paced course by Fabulous Feminists
About this course
Finding your way through the course. Work through the lessons in order. Within each lesson, some steps are marked with a star and must be completed before you can move on. These include the short questions, the tabs and the cards, so open each one and have a go. Once the starred steps are done, the Next button at the foot of the lesson becomes active, and takes you to the next lesson. You can go back to any lesson you have finished from the course page at any time.
Gender mainstreaming is the institutional and policy strategy for advancing gender equality. This course introduces what it is, why it matters, and how it works in practice.
Across six self-paced lessons you move from the foundations through to the mandates and principles that frame implementation, then to intersectionality and good practices from different contexts. A final assessment closes the course.
Learning objectives
- Articulate what gender mainstreaming is, and why it matters as a strategy for equality.
- Identify the key mandates, frameworks and principles that guide gender mainstreaming in practice.
- Understand the importance of applying an intersectional lens.
- Recognise good practices in gender mainstreaming.
Who is this for
This course is for people working in or alongside institutions where gender equality is part of the mandate: programme and policy staff, gender focal points, and those new to a role that expects them to apply gender mainstreaming. A working knowledge of key gender concepts is assumed.
What will I get out of this
You will finish with a clear grasp of what gender mainstreaming is, the mandates and principles behind it, and what applying it looks like in practice. The course is self-paced and takes about an hour. On completing the final assessment you receive a Fabulous Feminists Level 1 certificate.
