The Canadian Partnership for Women and Children’s Health (CanWaCH) is a proud membership of more than 100 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), civil society organizations (CSOs), academic institutions, health professional associations and private companies committed to advancing the health and rights of women, children and adolescents globally.

The CanWaCH Gender Equality Training Modules (GETM) aim to strengthen the capacity of the CanWaCH membership to deliver gender transformative programming. Grounded in feminist principles, this training is adaptive, accessible, and provides a quality virtual experience. The GETM is one element of the broader suite of activities that CanWaCH has undertaken to support its membership to build capacities and opportunities for collaboration and sharing. Since 2020, it has successfully reached over 300 people.

The GETM has been developed with the driving belief that the work of achieving gender equality is everyone’s responsibility and that opportunities to promote social change can be found throughout our work, and any work. One of the key objectives of this training is to ensure that participants will realize their own individual contributions toward gender justice and will have the capacity to share the lessons learned and key takeaways from the GETM with their own organizations through internal training sessions.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?

This course is designed for a broad range of actors from various backgrounds, particularly for individuals who work in gender equality and global health. The content is intended to provide a strong foundation in gender transformative approaches to global health programming...

TRAINING PROGRAMME:

The following course can be completed at your own pace and is. structured around three modules:

Module 1 — Concepts and terminology: Participants will have increased familiarity with, and confident use of, key concepts and terminology related to gender equality.

Module 2 — Elements of Gender Transformative Programming: Participants will strengthen their understanding of and ability to practically support the design of gender transformative programs and initiatives.

Module 3 — Gender Transformative and Feminist MEAL: Participants will be introduced to key accountability tools for Gender Transformative Programming and will understand how they can be used in their own work.

TEACHING METHODS:

In each module, you will find:

• themed videos by experts on the topics addressed;
• content written by experts;
• charts and graphics;
• interactive learning activities;
• additional resources for further information; and
• quizzes to check your retention of key information.

ASSESSMENT METHODS:

At the end of each module, you can test your knowledge with a final quiz (and resulting score) per module.

• A badge will be awarded for each module if you score 80% on the quiz for the module concerned.
• A certificate of completion will be available at the end of the course if you obtain an overall score of 70% for the entire course.

WHO ARE THE PROJECT PARTNERS?

Previous iterations of the GETM were facilitated live and developed by Jenn Donville, with the input of CanWaCH’s Gender Equality Working Group.

CanWaCH gratefully acknowledges the support of Global Affairs Canada and the key contributions of several gender quality and metrics specialists in strengthening this training package.

IS MY DEVICE SUITABLE?

You can follow the course on a computer, a tablet or a smartphone. Simply use your Internet browser. For best results, use Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari or their mobile versions. Internet Explorer users will require a version higher than IE 10.

Enjoy the course!