Training Manuals

The Local Government Gender Action Plan Manual is a product of the Training of Trainer (TOT) workshop that took place in Johannesburg in February 2009. The workshop brought together representatives of gender and local government ministries, local government authorities, associations of local government and civil society from the three case study countries of the Gender Links (GL) study: At the Coalface, Gender and Local Government. The three countries are Botswana, Swaziland and Zambia

The Zambia manual is designed as a complement to the Local Government Gender Strategy developed in February 2009 and provides the tools for understanding what gender mainstreaming is; why it is important; and how to go about developing a gender action plan.

The Zimbabwe manual is designed as a complement to the Local Government Gender Strategy developed in 2009 and provides the tools for understanding what gender mainstreaming is; why it is important; and how to go about developing a gender action plan. The Zimbabwe manual is also the first Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming at Local Government process manual; as it brings together all of the key materials that will ensure that gender is mainstreamed across tiers within councils.

A compilation of the ideas, strategies and tools shared at the historic Southern Africa Gender and Media Summit which brought together 184 gender and media activists from across the region.

Facilitators guide for gender training

As a region, the Southern African Development Community seeks to better the lives of its citizens, women and men, through closer regional co-operation. Yet the gender dimensions of macroeconomic policy, budgets, trade, work and business are among the least understood by policy makers, media decision makers and practitioners. Despite the enormous role that women play in the economies of all Southern African countries this contribution remains undervalued and invisible.

This simple and accessible training manual prepared by a team of Southern African media and communication experts is filled with a lot of exercises and examples, simple steps, checklists and tips to be used for training or which can be applied directly to advancing strategic communications in your organisation.

“Gender in Media Training: A Southern African Tool KitÀ provides media educators with the skills and arguments to overcome the many familiar obstacles to gender mainstreaming expressed by media trainers.

Gender mainstreaming is a comprehensive strategy aimed at achieving greater gender equality. Institutionally this implies integrating a gender perspective in projects and policies, as well as addressing gender equality issues in the corporate environment, through ensuring that the working environment is gender responsive, and guaranteeing equal opportunities and treatment to both women and men.