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Mainstreaming Gender and the Vulnerable Groups into Development  Programmes
 
PREMISE: Development practitioners have recently realised that their efforts have not yielded the desired results partly due to non-involvement of women in the planning process. Experience has shown that this is partly because the problems and needs of women have not been adequately addressed. This assertion is also buttressed by USAID / Nigeria Strategic Plan (2004-2009) where it stated that, "Nigerian's record on gender issues is weak and in need of improvement" and corroborated by the NEEDs document on the need to mainstream women into development planning as well as the emphasis placed on gender issues in the NPFS and other agricultural, and rural based project documents. Against this background, there is a need for gender considerations and involvement of the vulnerable groups in all aspects of development programmes.

OBJECTIVES: This course, therefore, is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary for gender considerations in development planning. At the end of the course, participants should be able to: 		 
  • describe basic gender concepts;
  • identify gender issues in development planning;
  • collect and analyse gender-specific data; and
  • incorporate gender and the vulnerable groups into development programmes.
    CONTENT:
  • Basic gender concepts and issues.
  • Strategies for mainstreaming gender and the vulnerable groups into development programmes sensitization and analysis.
  • Gender-aware planning and control.
  • Sources and quality of gender-related data.
  • Methods of collecting gender-disaggregated data.
  • Awareness creation and campaign strategies.
  • Analysis, reporting and presentation of gender statistics.
TRAINING METHODS: Lecturettes, exercises, and group discussions.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND? Development Officers from the Federal and State Ministries, Research Institutes, NDDC, NGOs and CBOs.
  DURATION: One Week DATE: July 12 - 16. 2010
  VENUE: Ilorin, Nigeria CHARGES: =N=23,000.00
 

 Updated 2010 Agricultural & Rural Management Training Institute, Ilorin, Nigeria