Gender Equality in Local Governance

Overview
Curriculum
Facilitator(s)

Welcome to this online course on Gender Equality in Local Governance!

The course will introduce you to the concepts of Gender Equality and Gender Mainstreaming, what they are and how they are vital for a prosperous and just local government. It will also support you to gender mainstream your ICLD project. This course consists of four modules, each taking between 1-2 hours to complete.

You can take the course on your own or together with your project group/team. If you are part of an ICLD network or training programme, certain modules of this course will be facilitated in an ICLD workshop.

Learning Objectives

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

Define key components of gender equality and gender mainstreaming.
Explain how gender norms are created.
Advocate for gender equality within your local government.
Apply gender mainstreaming tools within your ICLD project.

Target Group

All ICLD participants.

Course authors

Hanna Knutsson
Former Programme Officer, Swedish International Center for Local Democracy

Myriam Chilvers
Former Operations Development Manager, Swedish International Center for Local Democracy

General Resources

Policy briefs and publications

**Women’s quest to participate in local governance in Botswana**

**A toolbox for local governments to implement SDG 5 on gender equality**

**Mainstreaming Migrant Rights for Gender Equality: Lessons from Lisbon and Barcelona**

Other tools

A summary of methods for citizen consultation

Curriculum

4 Sections
16 Lessons
2 Days

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Module 1: Introduction to Gender Equality
The aim of this module is to introduce you the topic of gender equality, vital definitions and international frameworks that promote and defend gender equality.
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Module 2: Equality for Women = Prosperity for all
How can equality for women lead to a more prosperous society? In this module you will join ICLD Research Director Ana Maria Vargas and International Economist Antonio Lopez-Claros in four recorded sessions as they discuss the world of inequality and how whole societies change when promoting gender equality and women's empowerment.
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Module 3: Gender Mainstreaming - A Way to Achieve Gender Equality
This module focuses on how you can use gender mainstreaming as a strategy to improve gender equality at the local level.
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Module 4: Gender Responsive Communication
In this module we look at how communication can be used both to challenge and maintain gender inequality and social norms.
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  10 Principles of Gender Responsive Communication