Participants to this course are expected to be from within the NGOs sector, civil society, government agencies and other institutions supporting or learning peace issues, gender mainstreaming, CEDAW, UNSCR 1325 and GBV prevention in fragile environments.
This training is ideal for;
1) Practitioners who are interested in getting a deeper understanding of gender and violence prevention in post-conflict transitions,
2) Practitioners who would like to have a deeper understanding of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence Against Women (CEDAW) and a deeper analysis of how its promoting gender equity and women human rights;
3) Practitioners who would like to explore Human Security as a strategy that can be used to achieve gender equity, reduce gender based violence and hasten conflict transformation and peacebuilding
4) Practitioners who are keen to explore the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) and how it relates to Women, Peace and Security.
5) Practitioners with an interest on gender mainstreaming in their programmes including in the peacebuilding practice
Training Content
a) Understanding violence against women
b) Linking Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Human Security and Peacebuilding
c) Gendering Conflict transformation around United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR)s 1325 (2000) and 1820 (2008)
d) Human security paradigm and its relevance to women violence prevention:
e) Gender Mainstreaming in peacebuilding
How to register:
Filled in application forms should be sent to COPA by email. All received applications will be acknowledged and if successful a corresponding letter of admission and other necessary documentations will be sent to the applicant. Please send your completed application to any of the following emails:
1) copa@copafrica.org
2) trainings@copafrica.org
3) copafricatrainings@gmail.com