Feminist Edge - Professional Development for Gender Trainers (Apply by Nov 11)
This six-month certificate program offered by KIT and UN Women Training Centre offers professional development for gender trainers that re-captures and re-imagines gender training, as a feminist project, establishing a new approach to training for gender equality. We reposition training for gender equality as a strategy to challenge and engender mainstream development and support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This course is in English
What will you learn?
- Sharpen your training skills and knowledge of gender and development concepts as a gender equality trainer
- Learn to better employ learning and knowledge strategies
- Re-claim training for gender equality as a political feminist process
- Refresh skills and knowledge as gender equality trainers and renew commitment to gender training as a transformative process.
What resources do you need to do it?
Course participants are required by Dutch law to have health, accident and third party insurance. If a participant’s current insurance policy does not cover a stay abroad, then they must be insured in the Netherlands by a Dutch insurance company.
Applicants requiring a short-stay visa (for up to three months) through the Netherlands embassy (or consulate covering the applicant’s country) will need a letter of admission to the course and proof of sponsorship or sufficient funds to cover the course fee, travel and accommodation. Note that in some countries this procedure can take several months.
Visit the Nuffic website for the latest information on visa requirements.
More about this training
This blended course (online + 1 week face-to-face at KIT Institute in Amsterdam) takes place 10 February 2025 to 8 August 2025.
Module 1: 10 Feb – 28 Feb 2025 (online)
Module 2: 10 Mar – 25 July 2025 (online)
Module 3: 3 Aug – 8 Aug 2025 (in person at KIT)
Applications are open from 3 June – 11 November 2024
Combining lectures, guest presentations and practical activities and assignments, Feminist Edge strengthens capacities across three interrelated domains:
- Conceptual depth and clarity: gender and development theory and practice in various themes; and global approaches to gender and development.
- Training skills and methods: training design, delivery and evaluation; communication skills; and learner-centred pedagogy.
- Feminist Practices: gender knowledge, knowledge making and power; reflexivity; change and resistance; and, global governance of development and client relations.
Download the full brochure here
Participants need to meet the following criteria to qualify:
- Minimum of three years of training experience on gender issues
- Knowledge of gender and development and/or gender in public policy
- Institutional affiliation/experience: UN agencies, international and national NGOs, national governments, academia, etc.
- Demonstrate commitment to completing the six-month program
Who can I contact for more information?
Email: feminist.edge[at]kit.nl
Access now
https://www.kit.nl/institute/programme/feminist-edge/