Introduction

It is now recognised that conflict prevention, recovery and peacebuilding cannot succeed if half the population is excluded. Conflict prevention, peace agreements, post-conflict reconstruction, and governance is more effective when women are involved and when their needs and priorities are taken into account. Documents such as the UN Security Council Resolutions on Women, Peace and Security (1325, 1820, 1888, 1889 and 1960) outline concrete actions to be taken by the international community and respective Member States to address women, peace and security issues. These include actions to increase women’s participation at all levels of conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and peacekeeping initiatives; the protection of women and girls during armed conflict; and the prevention of gender-based violence.

While normative global, regional and national frameworks have increasingly been developed over the last decade, the comprehensive implementation of the resolutions remains the greatest challenge. Conflict prevention, peace negotiations, peacekeeping missions and conflict resolution mechanisms often ignore women’s voices and fail to address the needs of women.

The course will integrate active and participatory learning approaches within activities and assignments, with an emphasis on reflective and collaborative learning.

Participants who successfully complete the course will receive Certificate of Participation.

Objectives

·      This course provides participants with an understanding of how a gender lens is critical to all elements of peacebuilding, conflict resolution and recovery work, initiatives and policy. 

·      It outlines the normative framework around women’s rights and peacebuilding, security sector governance, approaches to transitional justice, security policy making and awareness raising on women’s and gender issues. This course uses weekly case studies to illustrate how the normative framework has been put into practice in different regions of the world. 

·      Finally, the course takes a critical look at the implementation of the women, peace and security resolutions, including gaps that make a comprehensive, realistic and effective response to gender, peace and security issues challenging in field as well as in the global discourse. Participants will critically analyse international interventions on peace and security from a women’s rights perspective.

Duration

This certificate course involves approximately 5 days.

Who should Attend

The course is intended for human rights/women’s human rights/humanitarian staff of INGOs, NGOs, intergovernmental and government agencies; women’s advocates and feminists; students of international law, international relations, and politics; and practitioners of other areas who want to learn about peacebuilding and its gender dimensions. The course is also intended for staff members of UN specialised agencies who want to learn more about gender equality and women’s empowerment in post-conflict settings. Participants should have a good written command of English and have high competence and comfort with computer and Internet use

Course outline

1.    Introduction to women, peace and security

2.    The normative framework around women, peace and security

3.    The 3 P’s of women, peace and security: participation, prevention and protection

4.    Implementation of the women, peace and security agenda at the international, regional, national and local levels

5.    Challenges and lessons learned in implementation

6.    Tools and ways forward

General Notes

·      The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

·      The participants should be reasonably proficient in English as all facilitation and course materials will be offered in English.

·      Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a certificate.

·      The training will be held at Kincaid Training Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch.

·      All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

·      Accommodation and airport pickup are arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training coordinator at Email: training@kincaiddevelopmentcenter.org or Tel: +254 724592901

·      This training can also be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our Kincaid Training Centre or at a convenient location.

For further inquiries, please contact us on Tel: +254 724592901 or send mail to training@kincaiddevelopmentcenter.org

Payments are due upon registration. Payment should be sent to our Bank account before commencement of training and proof of payment sent to training@kincaiddevelopmentcenter.org