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Worldwide women are often denied equal rights with men to land, properties, education and employment.  Most women have fewer opportunities than men to influence, participate and benefit from development activities.  Generally, development programs and projects that ignore gender-specific barriers to resources, opportunities, and benefits exclude a large proportion of the targeted population.  Development affects women and men differently, and often specific steps are needed to make sure women are included and benefit in efforts to increase the welfare in all sectors in many countries. 

The organization of this workshop is a response to two of DCG’s main concerns:

• DCG members have expressed the need for increased awareness and knowledge of how to improve the integration of gender and social issues in their development activities,
• The 1998 Study that reviewed the gender aspects of DCG activities found several weaknesses concerning the integration of gender and social issues, and, consequently, recommended increased gender awareness of staff of the NGOs involved in DCG’s activities.

The objectives of this workshop are:

In terms of attitude:

By the end of the workshop, the participants will have:

• Shared and analyzed their own experiences concerning gender aspects in project implementation; and
• Been sensitized to the advantages and the importance of using social and gender analyses in the different phases in development projects

In terms of knowledge:

By the end of the workshop, the participants will have strengthened their understanding of the gender concept by:

• Using case studies to both analyze projects’ and project areas’ gender and social relationships and project participation by different social actors; and
• Different workshop sessions that will discuss social and gender issues related to Ethiopia, to various projects and project areas covered by DCG, and to institutions implementing these projects

In terms of skills:

By the end of the workshop, the participants will be able to:

• Explain the importance of/urgent need for a gender approach in project and program planning and implementation
• Explain the necessary factors/variables to take into consideration and the steps/approach to adopt in order to integrate gender in the project cycle.
• Elaborate action plans to integrate social and gender aspects in their projects/programs and implementing agencies.