Malkia - Training for ILO Staff

Despite some progress, women are still vastly under-represented in leadership positions. Unspoken rules and arrangements, work practices and cultural norms govern workplace structure and gender dynamics. These have the potential to limit women’s career opportunities and undermine their experience at the workplace. This is especially acute for women line managers, who play a crucial role in organizations operations on a daily basis as the leaders of their teams and as a liaison between staff and upper management. More often than not, it is at that level of their career that women get stuck, discouraged or disempowered to climb the career ladder. In a world defined by complexity, disruption and change, today’s most successful organisations are those that bring diverse perspectives and experiences to each new challenge. Along with being the right thing to do, empowering women offer a strategic advantage – especially at the leadership level. Malkia is a mobile tool that combines orientation, learning, coaching and access to resources. It helps women succeed by: • Giving advice and guiding women managers, like a mentor • Breaking the code of gender bias to foster awareness and assertiveness • Facilitating an interactive and practice-oriented skills journey • Providing a safe space to prepare for daily management challenges With Malkia, women learn to master key managerial skills and gain confidence in their own skills, employability, and role as managers. Duration: 25 learning hours OBJECTIVES Malkia aims at helping women rise up & supports them when skilling for success. Malkia’s specific goals are to: • Raise understanding of labour markets trends, women career opportunities and gender biases through up-to-date and contextualized data • Increase awareness of women on possible gender biases through a self-assessment tool • Build capacity on key managerial soft skills to strengthen employability through learning and practice using state of the art mobile learning methodologies • Foster self-esteem and develop operational management competencies through coaching CONTENT The online course lasted 5 weeks from the 27thof September to the 29th of October 2021. Each week participants had the possibility to go through self-paced learning modules on gender biases and core managerial skills. Moreover, several live webinars were organized to go deeper and exchange on key women empowerment issues with key international speakers. Lastly, operational coaching sessions were available to each participant to develop autonomy in resolving challenges and find out how to make a difference at work. ACHIEVEMENT During the online course, participants learned to master key managerial skills and gained confidence on their own skills, employability and role as managers. At the end of the course, participants have: • Achieved a better understanding of women career opportunities and trends, as well as gender biases through up-to-date and contextualized data • Built their own capacity on key managerial soft skills • Fostered their self-esteem and develop operational management competencies