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Resources for Women
This section - which is
aimed at both trainers and end users - offers links to
resources specifically targeted at women. The resources are divided into the
following categories:
"Target audience" under each
listing tells you whether the resource is aimed at end-users
("General"), end-users and trainers ("General
and Trainers") or only at Trainers. Resources
designated as aimed at trainers include, for example,
workshop curricula, PowerPoint presentations and worksheets.
For additional resources which are not
specifically women-focussed use the navigation panel on the
left-hand side of this page.
This section was developed by South
African Women'sNet
and the APC Women's
Networking Support Programme.
General women- and gender-related training
resources
Multimedia Gender Training Kit
Developed by: Indira Gandhi National Open University in collaboration with UNESCO
Type of resource: website
Target audience: Women
Cost: Members only
This gender training kit gives you an opportunity to upgrade your knowledge and skills in the crucial area of gender and development. The kit has 7 modules which cover issues of empowerment, governance, gender sensitive policies, education, and leadership. Each module has lessons and assessments before going on to the next module. You must sign up at the learning centre to receive the kit's modules.
http://www.ignou.ac.in/igun_gentr/index.asp
Gender and Training: Mainstreaming gender equality and the planning, realisation, and evaluation of training programmes
Developed by: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Type of resource: PDF file
Target audience: Trainers, Women
Cost: Free access
Based on the concept of "didactics that promote gender equality", manual prepared by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation for its staff and consultants, the manual defines key terms and practical tips for being gender aware in the workplace. It encourages trainers to examine content, work forms and methods, their own gender knowledge, language and communication.
http://www.siyanda.org/docs/sdc_toolkitenglish.pdf
Gender Training Wiki
Developed by: INSTRAW
Type of resource: wiki
Target audience: General, Women
Cost: Free access
INSTRAW has launched a wiki for compiling events, institutions and materials regarding gender training. Available in Spanish and English, and increasingly, French, the wiki is full of links to handbooks, indicators, and tips on gender training with a wide range of content areas including poverty, leadership, environment, and violence against women. Of particular interest for ItrainOnline users are the handbooks regarding ICTs and gender and media, although
trainers will find the site very useful overall.
http://www.un-instraw.org/wiki/training/index.php/ Main_Page
Gender for Journalists
Developed by: Commonwealth Press Union / Trish Williams
Type of resource: web site
Target audience: General, Women
Cost: Free access
This on line toolkit developed by Trish Williams for the Commonwealth Press Union is a good resource for any journalist or communicator, and one to keep in mind if your organisation hosts an interactive news site. It offers an overview of basic gender issues and sexist terms, statistics, and further gender resources. Williams, a media consultant, developed the tool because journalists play such an important role in forming society opinion. The toolkit includes brief exercises to help journalists reflect on their own stereotypes, alternatives to sexist terminology, and underlines the responsibility of media regarding gender issues.
http://www.cpu.org.uk/cpu-toolkits/gender_reportin g/index.html
Women-focussed ICTs resources by
subject
Gender for Journalists
Developed by: Commonwealth Press Union / Trish Williams
Type of resource: web site
Target audience: General, Women
Cost: Free access
This on line toolkit developed by Trish Williams for the Commonwealth Press Union is a good resource for any journalist or communicator, and one to keep in mind if your organisation hosts an interactive news site. It offers an overview of basic gender issues and sexist terms, statistics, and further gender resources. Williams, a media consultant, developed the tool because journalists play such an important role in forming society opinion. The toolkit includes brief exercises to help journalists reflect on their own stereotypes, alternatives to sexist terminology, and underlines the responsibility of media regarding gender issues.
http://www.cpu.org.uk/cpu-toolkits/gender_reportin g/index.html
Building civil society portals: Reflections by practitioners
Developed by: APC / Karel Novotny
Type of resource: Word document
Target audience: General, Women
Cost: Free access
This paper compiles perspectives of civil society portal experiences and offers insights into design, news aggregation, keeping portals dynamic, tips for sustainability and what it means to build a community of users. The study details challenges and tips coming from practical experience.
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/english/c s_portals.pdf
Wise-Women
Developed by: Wise-Women
Type of resource: Web site and mailing lists
Target audience: General, Women
Cost: Free access
Wise-Women is "an international community and network dedicated to supporting women who work as, or aspire to becoming, Web designers, developers, and programmers." Membership is open to all, men as well as women. The Wise-Women Web site includes tutorials, articles and discussion lists on topics such as writing for the Web, promoting your site, Web programming and graphics.
http://www.wise-women.org/
Building a Web Site Together: A Curriculum for a Team Web Site Building Workshop
Developed by: SA Women'sNet / SANGONeT / APC WNSP
Type of resource: Curriculum for facilitators
Target audience: Trainers, Women
Cost: Free access
"Building a Web Site Together - How the Women'sNet Site was Born" is a guide that presents how to develop a small site collectively, from start to finish. The workshop curriculum is organized into the following main sections: site planning, WWW (HTML) skills training and site structure concepts, building the site, site evaluation, and planning ongoing site development and maintenance.
http://www.womensnet.org.za/about/curric.htm
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