Workshops and Training Opportunities

Fairspace - Free Bystander Intervention Training
Have you ever experienced a situation where someone was being harassed or sexually intimidated, but you didn’t know how to intervene? Do you feel powerless when you see someone being treated unfairly? Then this training is for you! 
 
What it is?

• A global training developed by our partners at Right To Be
• Covers the essentials of bystander intervention in an interactive way
• Not a customised training

What you get:

WECF Online course in Feminist moderation: How to facilitate safe and inclusive discussions

Learn to foster safer, inclusive dialogues and become a proficient discussion moderator with our e-learning course. Explore topics like safe spaces, polarisation, sensitive issues, and accessibility.

 

What you’ll gain:

• Master the basics of feminist moderation and learn specific techniques for more equitable discussions.
• Uncover techniques to redistribute power, encourage diverse engagement, and remove barriers to participation.

What you will learn:

• Understanding feminist moderation: Explore why moderation should be feminist and delve into intersectional ecofeminism.
• Creating safe & accessible spaces: Learn the essentials of safe spaces and accessibility to ensure an inclusive environment for all participants.
• Feminist moderation techniques:Dive deep into techniques addressing master suppression, polarisation, and conflict de-escalation, enabling you to integrate feminist values effectively.
• Online moderation: Navigate the unique challenges and opportunities of online discussions. Understand the digital gender divide and explore tools to democratise online spaces. 

For more information and to sign up, click here.

An international course for middle management civilian and military professionals 

24 November – 29 November 2024
MoD Training Center (Majoor Jan Linzel Complex)The Hague, The Netherlands   

Due to complexity of current operations, there is an increasing awareness of the need for both military and civilian personnel to be equipped with practical means to interact with local women and men. Men and women experience conflict and security differently. Consequently, their perspectives on conflict resolution and peacebuilding also vary. We need to listen and respond to both perspectives. Not just because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes our operations more effective and sustainable. Actively engaging women and men on equal grounds, within our own missions and institutions as well as in rebuilding post-conflict societies, is a matter of operational effectiveness. This implies changes in the way we plan and implement our operations, which is precisely what A Comprehensive Approach to Gender in Operations aims to accomplish.

 

This is a certified course under the auspices of the European Security and Defence College (ESDC).This innovative international course, a result of the collaboration between the Spanish and Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Defence, responds to these demands by providing participants with the skills and know-how needed to face these new challenges.The 5 day course is based on the comprehensive approach to integrated missions and crisis management and builds on links between defence, diplomacy and development regarding gender and human rights issues. 

More information
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(English) Feminist Edge: Professional Development for Gender Trainers 
10 February 2025 - 8 August 2025.
 
Developed by KIT Royal Tropical Institute and the UN Women Training Centre, this six-month blended learning professional development for gender trainers brings a feminist edge (back) to gender training. 
 
Feminist Edge 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).
 
The programme addresses the need to (re)claim autonomous spaces for feminist knowledge production and challenges development policy makers and practitioners to re-think how to address social and gender inequity to ensure that "no one is left behind.” Feminist Edge focusses both on the practice of gender training and on its conceptual underpinnings. 
 
Modules 1 and 2 are virtual and Module 3 is 6-days face-to-face in Amsterdam. Click here for more details and to sign up.

Find here a list of the best, free online humanitarian training in Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Child Protection.

Scholarships (among others): training on advocacy and policy influencing and training on gender mainstreaming in development.

 

Amnesty International's Human Rights Education team offers two new online courses to combat gender-based violence. 

 

The first course, "Combatting Gender-based Violence Online," takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Polish. It covers the impact of technology on gender-based violence and the importance of creating safe and inclusive online spaces. 

 

The second course, "Confronting and Countering Gender-based Violence," takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovenian, and Polish. Through real-world examples and interactive activities, learners will explore the root causes, impacts, and consequences of gender-based violence. 

 

Both courses are free and accessible to learners of all backgrounds and experience levels!