Gender Equality and Development

Member of a women association with charcoal produced from the surplus of CFT 's wood production, Kisangani - DRC.   Axel Fassio/CIFOR

This course from the World Bank Group will help you identify the impacts of greater gender equality and explain remaining gender gaps and how to close them.

This course is in English

What will you learn?

  • Identify the characteristics and development impacts of greater gender equality
  • Explain and articulate the main gender gaps that have been closed and the challenges that still persist
  • Recommend effective means of international support for gender equality.

What resources do you need to do it?

Internet access and an email address to create a free account

More about this training

Based on the contents of the 2012 World Development Report (WDR) on Gender Equality and Development, and designed to meet the need for "just-in-time" learning and accommodate professional and day-to-day lives, this course will help you: identify the characteristics and development impacts of greater gender equality; explain and articulate the main gender gaps that have been closed and the challenges that still persist; and recommend effective means of international support for gender equality.

  • Cost: free
  • Duration: approximately 2.5 hours
  • Format: Online and self-paced

Who can I contact for more information?

For questions about this course please contact sagersborg[at]worldbank.org

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