Gender and Organizational Change

How can organizations become gender-responsive and transformative? The presence of more women does not automatically mean greater equality. This course analyses success stories and barriers, and goes deeper by looking at gender as part of an organizational change-management strategy, rather than as a stand-alone item on the agenda. OBJECTIVES -Review benefits and drawbacks of equality-related policies, strategies, and actions -Apply a change management approach to promote gender equality in organizations -Produce more equitable results, in general, at the organizational level CONTENT • Organizational approaches to gender mainstreaming • Organizational change through a gender lens • Self-awareness and self-empowerment • Managing resistance to change • Action-planning for gender equality NUMBER OF HOURS: 40