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Project objective:
Develop the capacities of professionals from governmental and non-governmental organizations to promote gender equality in dialogue, negotiation and the formulation of public policies.

Brief description:
The countries of the region have advanced significantly in the adoption of laws and norms that sanction gender discrimination and the violation of women’s human rights. However, the translation of these laws and norms into public policies still faces major obstacles, due in part to the lack of qualified human resources to lead and manage policies for gender equality.

In the region, we still do not have capacity-building programmes in this area that are permanent, of high quality, accessible to professionals and that allow for training in leadership, management and the gender dimensions of economic and social development policies and programmes from a gender and rights perspective.

The strategy of this project is based on the development of human capital, with a pedagogical focus on gender equality policies and strengthened reflection and dialogue. The project is based on multiple training strategies that attempt to respond to the needs and real possibilities of training, time and available resources.

Expected results:

• Professionals trained to promote, lead and manage policies for gender equality in dialogue, negotiation and formulation of public policies
• A virtual learning community on leadership for incidence in public policies that support gender equality.
• A virtual course on leadership for incidence in public policies that support gender equality.
• Regional working group on women's citizenship for democracy
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• Conceptual frame of reference on women's citizenship for democracy
• Conceptual frame of reference on women's citizenship for democracy
• First Hemispheric Forum "Women's leadership for a citizen's democracy"
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• Second Hemispheric Forum "Women's citizenship for democracy"
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Donor(s):
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, Government of Mexico, UN Women, International IDEA

Project duration: May 2010 – October 2012