Engender Training

Engender have a pool of dedicated, dynamic professional consultants whose passion is equality issues.  If your organization has work to do in gender equality or is a public body that needs training and support to help you meet your obligations under the new gender duty then our consultants can meet with you to discuss your needs and will design tailor made training, research or consultancy based on your requirements

Who Holds the Purse Strings (Gender Budgeting)

Advocacy with public service providers -  Spending in ways that work for women too!

Engender are offering a free interactive workshop to generate understanding amongst workers (paid and unpaid) in local women’s organisations about the potential of gender budgeting. We will also look at how to use the Gender Equality Duty to advocate for equality in planning services.

Thursday 03 December
10am – 4pm
(Festive lunch provided)
Engender office: 1A Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AE

To book a place please let us know by Monday 23 November
Phone: 0131 558 9596 or email: info@engender.org.uk

Women and Leadership

We are working with the Scottish Council for the Voluntary Sector (SCVO) on their Building Bridges project, delivering the ‘Women and Leadership’ programme with BEMIS. This is a personal skills development programme designed to address the under representation of black and minority ethnic women in the labour market. See full details here See http://www.scvo.org.uk/Equalities/Home/Home.aspx  

Genderworks - Making the Gender Duty Work

Engender are providing training for this European funded project which is run by Oxfam on 27th and 28th January 2009. Info on the 'Making the Gender Duty Work ' training can be found here and for more info on Genderworks visit http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/ukpoverty/genderworks/ 

Prove it! - Setting Gender and Equality Indicators and Evidencing Impact

This one day workshop will be held on March 31st 2008 in Edinburgh.  It is intended for those working in the public sector  who are tasked with implementing the equality duties.  Full programme and booking form here

 

Engendering Change - Political Skills Training

Engender runs political skills training courses for women throughout Scotland.

The aim of the training:

The aim of the training is to provide women with the tools to help their organisations/community get their voices heard by decision/policy makers.

The training is aimed at women who are active in the voluntary/community sector in either a paid or voluntary capacity and who want to make a difference within their organisation/community, to have their case heard and listened to by decision/policy makers.

It is intended for women who have:

• some experience of campaigning and trying to make their case
• taken part in some basic confidence building/assertiveness training
• an issue they want to do something about
• a focus on women experiencing social exclusion
  

What will the training achieve?

The training aims to provide women with:

• an understanding of decision making processes
• an understanding of some of the barriers to equality
• skills to put together and make their case effectively
• lobbying and campaigning skills
• skills to help them think strategically and build alliances
• confidence to take their case forward
  

We particularly welcome applications from groups who are under-represented
in the decision making process.

Approach:

The training will draw upon women’s experiences of trying to make a difference, positive and negative. Participants will be expected to identify a real issue/area where they want to make a difference before the course starts.

The training course is delivered over 4 days, each day covering different areas and participants will get most out of the training if they attend all 4 days. However, it is possible to be flexible and to tailor the course and deliver each section/day on a stand-alone basis.