ceritificate course on gender, diversity and development - XISS
Certificate
course
Gender,
Diversity and Development
A joint
programme of Xavier Institute of Social Service
(XISS), Ranchi
and Visthar
4 -30 August 2008 at
Visthar, Bangalore
Objectives
Over the
last two decades Civil Society Organisations, besides government departments and
academic institutions, have been involved in and continue to facilitate gender
sensitization and capacity building for mainstreaming gender in different
sectors. Mostly following conceptual frames developed in the late
1980s/1990s since when issues, debates, and concepts have changed at both the
international and national levels. While building on the rich experience
of the past, we need at the same time grapple with the emerging issues and
concepts and incorporate them into our framework.
The
course, accredited by XISS, aims at strengthening participants':
- Understanding
of concepts of gender and gender relations, and their origin in the
system of patriarchy, capitalism and caste in the Indian / South
Asian context.
- Understanding
of the links between gender relations and self and attempt shifts in
their own attitudes, values and behaviour patterns.
- Understanding
of the recent debates on concepts of gender, third gender,
masculinities, women's rights and empowerment.
- Understanding
of the implications of emerging issues like globalisation,
disasters and conflicts for gender relations and women's rights.
- Skills
in planning , monitoring and evaluation of programmes and organizations
and analysis of policies and budgets from a gender lens
- Understanding
of a gender and rights perspective on issues related to sexuality
and reproduction
- Understanding
of the policies of the government and UN agencies from a gender
perspective and evolve action plans to strengthen gender (and social
relations) perspective within interventions of NGOs.
Contents / themes
The
course will have six modules.
1.
Gender, social relations and social institutions
o Gender and
self : Personal constructs of masculinities and femininities
o Concepts of
sex and gender, gender roles and gender relations
o
Patriarchy, capitalism and caste : Inter-linkages
o Frameworks
and tools for gender analysis and planning
o
Policy approaches to women's development
o
The social relations and institutional perspective to gender and development.
o
Recent debates on concepts of gender, third gender, masculinities, women's rights and
empowerment.
2.
Gender, masculinities and development
o
Masculinities, social relations and institutions
o
Masculinity, sexuality and sexual orientation
o
The ' politics of masculinity' and issues of power and
patriarchy
o
The triangulation between gender, masculinities and development
o
Gender based violence and masculinities, masculinity and HIV-AIDS etc..
o
Strategies to engage with men as potential agents of transformative change
3.
Gender, sexuality and reproductive rights
o Sexuality,
sexual and reproductive health and rights
o
Social determinants of sexual and reproductive health
o
Application of gender analysis and a human rights framework to sexual and
reproductive health policies and programmes
o
Strategies to advocate for sexual and reproductive rights at the community and
state/national levels
4.
Gender, poverty and rights
o Dimensions
and causes of poverty
o
Gender specific causes and coping strategies
o
The elements of globalisation and its impact on lives and livelihood of the
poor, women and other marginalized groups.
o
The concept of human rights, and rights enshrined in human rights Covenants and CEDAW.
o
The debates on the links (or its absence) between gender, poverty and rights.
5.
Gender, disaster and conflicts
o Gender (and
socially) differentiated impact of disasters and conflicts on
women/men and girls/boys
o
The policies of the government and UN agencies in the region on disaster and
conflict/peace from a gender perspective.
o
Disaster and conflict response strategies from a gender lens
6.
Institutionalising gender within organizations and
programmes
o Gender issues
in organization
o
Different elements of an organization and approaches to institutionalising
gender
o
Engendering organisation structure, culture and leadership
o
Engendering Human Resource Development (HRD) systems
o
Engendering budgeting, planning , monitoring and evaluation
Participants
The course is
designed for women and men working with Government Organisations (GOs),
International and national NGOs, Faith Based Organisations and
other Civil Society Organisations in South Asia. Young graduates who would
like to equip themselves with gender perspectives and skills are also
welcome to apply. Medium of communication will be English. On completion of the
course participants will be awarded a certificate from XISS, a premier
institute for the study of social sciences in India.
Facilitators /
Resource persons
The
course will be facilitated by Ms. Mercy Kappen and Dr.D.Selvaraj.(Visit our website www.visthar.org for profile of
the facilitators). The course will also draw
on a panel of resource persons including Ms. Kiran Bhatia (UNFPA), Ms.
Ranjani K Murthy (Independent researcher and gender specialist) Dr.
Shekhar Seshadri (Child Psychiatrist ), Dr. Sundari Ravindran
(Researcher, gender and reproductive rights), Dr. Revathi Narayan (Gender and
policy analyst) and faculty from XISS. Ms. Mercy Kappen will serve as
the course coordinator. Activists from NGOs and Women's organizations
will be invited to share their experiences and perspectives.
Methodology
The
course will follow an action-reflection-action model (Paulo Freire) The facilitators /
resource persons will build on participants own experiences and
knowledge base. The methodologies will include group discussions, case
studies, role plays, audio-visuals, input sessions, and exposure
visits. Participants will share best practices and develop plans and strategies
related to each module .
Course fee and
registration
The
course fee is Rs. 6000/-(Rupees six thousand only, including the registration fee of
Rs.500/-.) This highly subsidised course fee includes board and lodging and
course materials. We request interested candidates to fill in the
enclosed form and mail it to us before the 30th of June with a cheque / draft
for Rs. 6000/- drawn in favour of Visthar, Bangalore. A few
partial scholarships are available for individuals / non-funded
organizations on a first come, first served basis.
For
further details contact :Mercy Kappen, mail@visthar.org / Mercykappen@yahoo.com
For
registration form visit www.visthar.org
