UN Gender Mainstreaming and Social Inclusion Training Course

This course equips participants with practical skills to mainstream gender equality and social inclusion in UN programmes. It focuses on gender analysis, inclusive programme design, disability and youth inclusion, gender-responsive budgeting, indicators, and organizational accountability.

Target Groups

• Gender and inclusion focal points
• Programme and project managers
• Monitoring and evaluation officers
• Policy, planning, and budget officers
• Implementing partner and NGO staff
• Government and donor counterparts
• Managers and supervisors seeking to strengthen organizational practice in this field
• Consultants and professionals supporting related organizations

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain concepts of gender equality, equity, and social inclusion
• Describe UN gender mandates and policy frameworks
• Conduct gender and social inclusion analysis
• Integrate gender and inclusion into programme design and results frameworks
• Apply gender markers and inclusion standards
• Develop gender-responsive and inclusive budgets
• Address gender-based violence and discrimination risks
• Include persons with disabilities, youth, and marginalized groups
• Monitor and evaluate gender and inclusion results
• Build organizational capacity and accountability for gender mainstreaming

Course Modules

Module 1: Gender and Inclusion Concepts

• Gender, sex, and gender roles
• Equality and equity
• Intersectionality
• Social exclusion
• Leave no one behind

Module 2: UN Gender Frameworks and Mandates

• SDG 5 and Agenda 2030
• UN system-wide action plans
• Gender policy and markers
• Human rights instruments
• National frameworks

Module 3: Gender and Social Analysis

• Gender analysis frameworks
• Data collection and disaggregation
• Power and decision-making
• Context analysis
• Identifying barriers

Module 4: Mainstreaming in Programme Design

• Gender-responsive objectives
• Inclusive results frameworks
• Gender-sensitive indicators
• Participation of women and girls
• Gender action plans

Module 5: Gender-Responsive Budgeting

• Budget analysis
• Allocating resources for gender
• Tracking expenditure
• Gender markers in budgets
• Advocacy

Module 6: Gender-Based Violence and Protection

• Forms of gender-based violence
• Prevention and response
• Safe programming
• Referral pathways
• Survivor-centered approaches

Module 7: Disability, Youth, and Marginalized Group Inclusion

• Disability inclusion
• Youth participation
• Indigenous and minority groups
• Accessible design
• Universal design

Module 8: Monitoring and Evaluating Gender and Inclusion

• Indicators and targets
• Gender-responsive evaluation
• Data analysis
• Learning
• Reporting

Module 9: Institutional Capacity and Accountability

• Gender focal points
• Organizational culture
• Capacity development
• Accountability frameworks
• Partnerships and advocacy

Module 10: Practical Exercises and Capstone Project

• Conducting a gender and inclusion analysis
• Integrating gender into a results framework
• Developing gender-sensitive indicators
• Reviewing a project using a gender marker
• Presenting a gender mainstreaming action plan