Call for Participation - Gender crosscutting trainings

`Gender crosscutting trainings:

About ABAAD:

ABAAD is a non-profit, non-politically affiliated, non-religious civil association that aims to achieve gender equality as an essential condition to sustainable social and economic development in the MENA region. ABAAD seeks to promote women’s equality and participation through policy development, legal reform, gender mainstreaming, engaging men, eliminating discrimination, and advancing and empowering women to participate effectively and fully in their communities. ABAAD also seeks to support and collaborate with civil society organizations that are involved in gender equality programs and advocacy campaigns.

Introduction:

Under the Strengthening Civil Courage project funded by the Ministry of Social Affairs the Netherlands ABAAD is hosting a workshop series with the goal of comprehensively supporting local civil society female led and/or organizations focusing on women rights, in incorporating and consolidating their capacities/knowledge in gender and ending GBV topics. This will help the organizations to better be prepared in improving their awareness and access to civic, private, and public spheres, and justice mechanisms.

The Training series will be comprised of three key thematic areas:

1. Gender core concepts: 

Gender Core Concepts is designed to support staff to locate their work in a wider context of gender inequality and discrimination and to help them ground their understanding of Gender based Violence (GBV) in a way that promotes best practices in their daily field and daily activities on the ground.

1. Masculinities:

The masculinities straining aims to effectively integrate and mainstream concepts of gender and masculinities into their projects and programs. Towards this end, the workshop will identify existing obstacles and challenges, and exchange experiences and share good practices amongst participants on ways for preventing violence against women and girls (VAWG). Secondary objectives include, but not limited to:

1. Decreasing gender discrimination through a more nuanced understanding of core concepts of gender and masculinities in relation to addressing the relationship between power and Violence against women and girls.
2. Help the organizations to better Complement the women’s empowerment movement, activities, and discussions by working with men on their gendered attitudes and behaviors;
3. Working towards creating a culture of partnership, dialogue, empathy, and equality in Lebanon through empowering men and women in challenging and dismantling violent masculinities and gender norms;

1. Gender Integration:

“Gender integration” refers to the process of considering the impact of gender inequitable norms across program planning, assessment, design, implementation, as well as M&E, and developing strategies to address those norms. Though often used interchangeably, gender integration is not synonymous with “gender mainstreaming”. Gender mainstreaming is a broad process of incorporating a gender perspective across an organization as well as in their programs. It includes incorporating a gender lens in administrative functions and the institutional culture of the organization. ABAAD’s take on “gender integration” is generic and relevant to different operational fields. It aims to be adaptable whether a staff member is training an organization working on agriculture, in peacebuilding, in education or other areas of intervention.

Eligibility criteria

• Organization must have 10+ staff members;
• Organization must have ongoing field activities and programs;
• Organization must be registered at the Lebanese Ministry of Interior;
• Organization must engage vulnerable groups such as women, persons with disabilities, youth, stateless, and refugees.
• Organizations must be women led, or focuses on women rights and ending violence giant women and girls in the society.