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How to Design Gender Transformative Programs

Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
International Health
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online
Start Date
Monday, August 12, 2024
End Date
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, 8:00am - 12:00pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Myra Betron
Contact Name
Myra Betron
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Next Offered
Only offered in 2024
Description
Donors have increasingly been calling for health and development programs that are gender responsive and gender transformative. What does it mean to be gender transformative in public health programming? What are proven approaches that can be integrated into health programs? This course will shed light on these questions.
Introduces the practical knowledge and skills needed to design gender transformative programs. Presents commonly used frameworks, evidence-based programs and indicators to understand and measure how gender transformative a program is. Focuses on case studies and hands-on practice.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Distinguish between gender-blind, gender-exploitative, gender-accommodating, and gender transformative programs
  2. Describe features of a gender transformative programming
  3. Identify key evidenced-based gender transformative interventions that have demonstrated contributions to health and development outcomes
  4. Identify common gender measures used in development programming
  5. Design a gender transformative program
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 30% Participation
  • 70% Project(s)
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Project is due two weeks after the end of the course