Three days Gender
Awareness Training for various office staff of the Department of Rural
Development was held at the Department of Rural Development. This training held
on 29 March, 1st - 2nd April, 2013.
Training aimed to get awareness and understanding about gender, gender
equality and gender equity among the government staffs. Training lecturers,
officers from Ministry of Social Welfare, was discussed and special focused on
gender equality, introducing the key points. Altogether 22 participants (21
Female and 1 Male) participate in the training.
Date -
29 March to April 3 2013
Main Topic
- Brief on Gender and Sex, Socialization and Internalization, Gender Norms, Gender Stereotyping, Gender Discrimination, Gender Roles, Gender Equality, Gender Equity, Social Justice, Women Empowerment, Women Empowerment process, power, Gender Mainstreaming, Gender Analysis, Gender Sensitive, Gender Responsive.
- Understanding of gender roles and relations.
- Promoting the power (Diversity of Power, Power-with, Power Within, Power –To, Power Over, etc .,)
- Discuss about CEDAW. Rules of CEDAW, Background etc.,
- Developing participant’s ability to think about stereotyping, oppression, and gender relations.
- Creating mutual trust and safety among participants in discussing sensitive issue around gender relations.
- Encouragement to participants to reflect upon their own lives and recognize the instances of inequality in their relationships.
