Manual de Formacao em Genero da Oxfam

Suzanne Williams is an independent Social Development Consultant with Goukamma Consulting, having worked for Oxfam GB from 1977 to 2004. She was one of Oxfam's pioneers of work on gender equality and violence against women, and authored and co-authored several key publications and articles for Oxfam GB on these issues.

Acknowledgements Foreword Preface A1) A guide to this manual A2) Key concepts B) Facilitators' guidlines C1) Training techniques, ice breakers and energisers; C2) Getting Started 1) Introductions Meanings of names * Admiring the opposite sex * Sharing our experiences of gender * Who am i - Where do i come from? * Life Story 2) Expectations Expectations, hopes and fears * Ground rules * Introduction to the workshop * Objective jigsaw 3) Sharing work experience Sharing work experience 4) Consensus on development What is development? * Community development * The liberator; C3) Gender awareness and self awareness 1) Building gender awareness Choosing the sex of your child * 'My organisation is a male/female organisation' * What is gender? * A baby is born * Gender circles * Choose your spots * The two baskets 2) Self-awareness for men and women World upside down * Millie's mother's red dress * A Hindu story * What are male and female stereotypes? * Stereotypes: self-disclosure * Breaking the chain * Man to Man * Feminist poker * Becoming a man * Violence against women * Rape; C4) Gender roles and needs The story of joan and john * Quiz on roles and activities of women and men * Myths about women and men, and their effects * The 24-hour day * Analysing roles and needs * Balloons: practical and strategic gender needs; C5) Women in the World Women in our countries * Facts about women and men; C6) Gender and development Wrong assumptions * Statements and policy approaches * Empowerment and participation * Visions of empowerment * Finding the balance * Development and relief: common elements; C7) Gender-sensitive appraisal and planning Analytical framework * Moser method * The Harvard framework * Comparison methods * Longwe Methods * Mapping for Mars * Bangladesh maps * Checklists * Design a project * Case studies * Using case studies * Mwea rice scheme * Mini case studies * Woman in a Sudanese refugee camp; C8) Gender and Global issues 1) Gender and conflict The impact of conflict * Drawing lessons from case studies * Capacities and vulnerabilities analysis * Timeline * Debate on gender and conflict 2) Gender and environment Gender and environment myths * Downstream effects * Drawing livelihoods 3) Gender and economic crisis Structural adjustments * The debt web * The Shamba and Mama Florence 4) Gender and culture A cautionary tale * Creation story * Chains that bind us; C9) Working with women and men 1) Listening Distortion of message * Listening skills * Listening to women * Did you know she knows a lot? 2) Working with women and men Working to include women * Working with women and men on gender * Village meeting role play * Working with partners on gender * Finding out about women * positive action; C10) Communication gender Images * Representing communities we work with * What do you want to say? * Critique of materials * Construct an image * Publicity design; C11) Strategies for change Preparing for planning * Vision * Sculpture: What needs to change? * Maseno West: impact evalution * Setting priorities * Introducing gender to our organisation s * SWOT analysis * Recommendations for integrating gender * Action plans; C12) Evaluations Individual responses * Creative evaluation * Mountain monitoring and evaluation * Trio evaluation * Evaluation questionnaire; Resources 1. Background reading 2. Training resources 3. Gender and development training resources 4. Videos 5. Organisations and networks