This blended course helps participants use gender-centered tools to promote equality and decent work for all:

• The United Nations’ gender architecture and network of gender focal points
• Good practices and tools within the United Nations system
• Gender equality challenges and how to overcome them

This 5-week journey will provide you with the basic knowledge and guidance in understanding why gender equality matters, in particular to “build back better” and promote a sustainable and inclusive development.

You will comprehend why there is a need of change, and will discover tools and strategies for gender mainstreaming.

The final goal is supporting you making change happen!

Participants will practice their skills in an interactive learning environment during the 5-day residential phase:

• How to use gender mainstreaming tools
• All about the United Nations’ system-wide action plan on gender equality
• How to create a community of practice that fosters discussion and knowledge-sharing

Upon completion, you will receive a Certificate of Participation.

By the end of your eLearning journey, you will be able to:

• Recognize gender inequalities in your work context
• Refer to the international legal framework to strengthen gender equality and women’s empowerment within UN entities, supporting your organization in the achievement of UN goals
• Manage and apply strategies and tools to efficiently mainstream gender equality and women’s empowerment within your UN organization
• Access a global community of practice for discussion and knowledge-sharing
• Elaborate an individual action plan aimed to strengthen gender equality and women’s empowerment to be implemented in your organization.

Here are three key reasons, among others, to take this course:

1. It is an opportunity to engage with UN officials and international experts about gender mainstreaming within organizations.
2. There will be practical discussions about how UN entities can help achieve gender equality.
3. You will identify how you can become a part of the solution.

The ITCILO and UN Women Training Center are known for their highly effective learning methodologies that include:

• Interactive online and face-to-face training sessions, including Q&As with international experts and workshops, facilitating individual and collective learning
• Participants learning practical skills by experimenting with gender mainstreaming strategies and tools, and exchange knowledge and practices with colleagues from diverse UN Entities worldwide
• Individual gender action plans, conceived by each participant and mentored by international experts, that can be put in place within organizations after the training