Gender and Organisational Change: Training Manual

Readers will appreciate the difficulties of translating a thoroughly participatory process like that involved in training people in and making them aware of gender in development organisations and their work: how to be aware of its implications for the self? how to be aware of its implications for others? and, above all, how to integrate it into an organisation and into the field in as non-threatening manner as possible? Much of this, translated orally and in awareness-raising exercises, merges together into a holistic process that can, and often does, result in fundamental changes in the way people see themselves and their work. This manual has been put together based on the experience gained from ICIMOD’s Gender and Organisational Development programme and by partner organisations and colleagues, as well as material already published. It is both a guide and a source of resource materials for training programmes in gender and organisational change. It will be useful for all those attempting to develop programmes that seek to help organisations, particularly those involved in development, incorporate gender concerns into their own workplace and their training, extension, and research programmes.