Diploma in Gender and Development

Course Outline

This course looks at the regular practices and dispositions in gender contrasts. It focuses on statistical data points on the situation of women and men in the society and also focuses on the policies and frameworks that address gender concerns.

This online Programme is suitable for people in both private and public development sectors who wish to acquire skills on gender and development and in issues of policies and practice. students and other development professionals from both private and public sectors who are interested in gender and development issues and wish to acquire the skills of engendering the development process on issues of policy and practice. The course begins with a theoritical comprehension of gender in relation to contemporary circumstances.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course learners should be able to;

  • Understand the basic concepts of gender
  • Integrate issues of gender and development in policy and decision making
  • Advocate for gender issues in development
  • Promote gender mainstreaming
  • Understand how gender issues affect development
  • Introduction to Gender and Development
  • Theories in Gender & Development
  • Gender analysis
  • Gender, Policy Planning & Development
  • Mainstreaming gender in development
  • Gender, Conflict Management and Peace Building
  • Gender Based Violence
  • Gender, Economic Planning & Policy Development
  • Gender, Human Rights and Development
  • Project paper

Final exams

Date: 1st of every Month

Mode of Delivery: Online

Have a good and stable internet connection

Have Basic IT skills

Duration: 6 Months

For more information on the programme,  

email us: info@horizontraininginstitute.org