July was a special month for us: the first part of the training of our partners in West Africa took place during two weeks in the digital space!
Together with IAMANEH Switzerland, our partner organisations in West Africa want to achieve and embed gender justice. Changing unequal and gender-based power relations starts with a journey towards oneself. Therefore, in the first part of the workshop, our partners dealt intensively with gender inequality issues and pitfalls in their own daily lives. In the second part of the training, skills for working with target groups and communities are taught. Three to five people from all our partner countries in West Africa participate in the training - and become master trainers. They in turn pass on the newly acquired skills to their project staff in their respective countries and organisations. The training of trainers is offered and carried out by the South African NGO "Sonke Gender Justice". Its aim is to promote equitable gender relations - and to strengthen civil society organisations that are committed to this mission.
It is a one-year continuous training programme - consisting of training days and coaching sessions. The training includes the following elements:
We are delighted with the first part of the workshop - and so are the participants: In the final round, after the first two weeks of training, some participants came to their own conclusions - see for yourself in the video statements:
We thank the Oumou Dilly Foundation for its generous support for the training of trainers!
