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Women Leadership and Governance Programme - What are women's rights?
- What is gender?
- What is its relevance to the bottom line? To national development?
- What is gender mainstreaming?
- What does leadership have to do with it?
Managing Gender in Management and Leadership is among the most challenging tasks for decision –makers and mid-career professionals in contemporary institutional development. Gender equity and equality, as cross cutting issues, affect decision-makers in all sectors and most find themselves at a loss on how to address these at a practical level.
The Women in Leadership and Governance course targets women in management positions and seeks to develop their capacity in applying gender responsiveness and approaches to issues of leadership, management and governance.
This course, offered by The Women’s Trust in collaboration with Africa University through the Institute of Peace Leadership and Governance (IPLG) provides a comprehensive and wide range analysis of the ways in which gendered societal and institutional attitudes and practices impact and influence contemporary management, leadership and governance.
In so doing, it seeks to enhance leadership capacity among leaders and decision - makers at local and national levels by providing them with the tools to manage gender-based diversity and apply gender responsive approaches and practices in their leadership and governance functions.
Former participants of the programme (then the Women In Management Programme) include executives in the private sector, leaders in the development sector, Members of Parliament and senior government officials, across different ministries.
STRUCTURE
The course has a combination of lectures and researched participant papers. Every course includes a Public Seminar. The resource persons, speakers and panellists are drawn from a resource base of experts from all over Africa and beyond.
As part of the course-work, participants are required to prepare peer-reviewed research papers on selected topical issues, which will be published in their summary versions.The course is held once a year and is conducted over 3 weeks.
The course content is diverse and takes participants through exciting new viewpoints on Feminist Theories; Transformative Leadership; Gender Issues in Management and Gender Mainstreaming; Gender and Women’s Human Rights; Gender, Religion and Culture; Sexuality and Sexual Harassment; Policy Analysis and Planning; Gender, Citizenship and Governance; Gender and Economic Analysis; Youth Leadership and Development; and Gender and Conflict Transformation.
ELIGIBILITY
The course is designed for mid-career professionals in all sectors with the ability to influence change in their respective institutions and with a minimum of Advanced Levels. Representatives from special interest groups, such as Women's NGOs, Political Parties, HIV and AIDS, the disabled, youth, Government ministries and departments responsible for women affairs, legal issues, SMEs and agro-economy are encouraged to apply. Individuals from progressive private sector institutions can benefit from the management insights and skills. All participants will also find the interaction with others from the SADC Region stimulating.
Applicants are required to submit together with their application forms the following:
- A letter of support from their organisation indicating that the participants is employed by the organisation, how the participant and their organisation will benefit from the course and the participant’s availability.
- A course registration fee pegged at USD 100.
- 2 passport size photos
Registration forms are available from The Women’s Trust offices and can be downloaded from the website. Click here to download the forms |