Gender and peacebuilding: Integrating Planning and Action in the Field (IGP)

IPDTC 2010 Autumn Peace Academy

IPDTC is launching its 2010 Autumn Peace Academy with a range of programmes addressing the core skills, knowledge and experience of practitioners working in the field of peacebuilding, conflict transformation, development work, humanitarian aid, gender, governance and other related areas.

Gender and peacebuilding: Integrating Planning and Action in the Field (IGP)

25th– 29th of October, 2010 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania; www.patrir.ro/training

Peacebuilding, Conflict Transformation & Post-War Stabilisation, Recovery, and Reconciliation

1st – 5th of November, 2010 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania; www.patrir.ro/training

Programme Description:

Gender and peacebuilding: Integrating Planning and Action in the Field (IGP)

25th– 29th of October ,2010 – Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Gender and Peacebuilding : Integrating Planning and Action in the Field (IGP) is a five-day Advanced Certificate Program (ACP) for staff of national and international organizations, the OSCE, United Nations missions and agencies, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, gender officers and activists, peace workers, peacebuilding and conflict transformation practitioners, policy makers, NGOs working in peacebuilding, development, conflict transformation, violence prevention and post-war recovery. The IGP focuses on the role of women in improving the effectiveness of peacebuilding and on the means of maximising impact of gender and peacebuilding work. The programmes draws on practical case studies and lessons learned from peacebuilding

The IGP includes:
· Theoretical frameworks for integrating peacebuilding and gender action
· Developing a gendered mapping and analysis of conflicts and development of gendered peacebuilding strategyImprove relevance, appropriateness and coherence of your programs with needs and contexts
· The role of women in improving the effectiveness of peacebuilding – case studies from international experience
· Practical case studies of peacebuilding programmes aimed at reducing violence against women and transforming its lasting effects on all parts of society
· Practical application and case studies on implementation of existing gender focused international resolutions and treaties including CEDAW, UN SCR 1325 and MDGs e.g. role of shadow committees, civil society reporting to international coordination committees, international and national advocacy campaigns
· Strategies and lessons learnt from peacebuilding through sustainable and inclusive social change strategies, and how they can be applied to gender work
· Deconstructing gender roles in conflict work - enlarging political space for women's action in mediation, conflict transformation and peacebuilding work and for men's work in the gender field

The programme builds upon the experiences that PATRIR and partners across the world have in developing training programmes and training materials for conflict transformation, development and peacebuilding and will include practical examples of trainings developed and implemented by the Institute.

For information about the programme Peacebuilding, Conflict Transformation & Post-War Stabilisation, Recovery, and Reconciliation, please go to: http://www.peacewomen.org/news_article.php?id=156&type=event


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