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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
Don't get lazy
Developed by: DFID/HR Wallingford, UK
Type of resource: Story,poster, discussion guide
Target audience: General
Cost: Free access
Gender-sensitive irrigation development training using story, posters and discussion guide for use in groups of irrigators of mixed literacy abilities.
http://www.dfid-kar-water.net/projects/files/R6876
.html
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
Preventing Violence Against Women
Developed by: MMTK
Type of resource: MS Word files
Target audience: General, Women, Information intermediaries
Cost: Free access
Three units on Preventing Violence Against Women from the ItrainOnline Multimedia Training Kit: Background, issues, and main trends;
Identifying internet and other resources on Preventing Violence Against Women; Developing resource collections. These materials form a workshop training kit, which trainers can adapt for face-to-face training workshops in their own contexts.
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/vaw.
shtml
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
Sustainability in Telecommunication Through Gender & Social Equality
Developed by: ITU
Type of resource: MS Word files
Target audience: General, Trainers, Women
Cost: Free access
These Gender modules - which include manuals for workshop trainers and participants - were developed to fulfil the mandate of assisting ITU Member States in considering gender mainstreaming in policy and regulatory issues as well as in strategic management. Topics covered are Introduction to Regulation, Introduction to Access, Introduction to Licensing, Interconnection, Tariffs, Competition Policy, Strategic Change Management, Human Resources: A True Agent of Change.
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/gender/Training_Resources
/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
Finding Internet Resources on Preventing Violence Against Women
Developed by: APC WNSP
Type of resource: Zipped MS Word files
Target audience: General, Trainers, Women
Cost: Free access
This workshop kit for trainers forms the basis of a training sessions on navigating online and offline information sources of resources on VAW. Part of the Multimedia Training Kit.
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/VAW%
202.zip
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
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Idea Book: Integrating Digital Tools Into Your Projects
Developed by: Peace Corps
Type of resource: PDF file
Target audience: General, Women
Cost: Free access
"This is a practical reference for all volunteers who would like to use radio, television, computers or other ICT in their work. After an overview of ICT and the Peace Corps, the book shares examples of Volunteer and community work with ICT by sector, with additional chapters addressing how women, girls, and youth in general are using (or can use) ICT to achieve their development goals."
http://www.peacecorps.gov/library/pdf/M0085_comple
te.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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