I Know Gender 1-2-3: Gender Concepts to get Started; International Frameworks for Gender Equality; and Promoting Gender Equality throughout the UN System
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 2.5 hours for the 3 core modules required to receive the course certificate. Users may move through the optional thematic modules at their own pace.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This course aims to develop and/or strengthen awareness and understanding of gender equality and women’s empowerment as a first step towards behavioral change and the integration of a gender perspective into everyday work for all UN staff at headquarters, regional and country levels.
It provides an introduction to the concepts, international framework, and methods for working toward gender equality and women’s empowerment. It also offers users the opportunity to make links between gender and specific thematic areas such as work; education; political participation; emergencies; peace and security; sexual and reproductive health; sexual and gender diversity and human rights; and violence against women.
Approximately 2.5 hours for the 3 core modules required to receive the course certificate. Users may move through the optional thematic modules at their own pace.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues.
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 4: Women´s Economic Empowerment
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Women’s economic empowerment has many different aspects, which often come into play in our work at the UN, whether we are working to hold States accountable regarding their human rights commitments, promoting decent work for women and men, seeking work-life balance in our personal lives, or developing training or microfinance programs for women, among other areas. This module will introduce you to some key reasons and strategies for promoting women’s economic empowerment.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 5: Women´s Leadership and Decision Making
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Women´s equal participation in decision making is a necessary condition for justice and democracy, as well as for ensuring that women´s interests and points of view are taken into account. This module focuses primarily on women´s political participation, but we will also discuss women´s leadership in the private sector, and other areas such as education, justice systems, civil society, and media.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 6: Violence against Women and Girls
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
After completing this module, you will recognize violence against women and girls as gender-based violence; identify the human rights framework that defines violence against women and girls as a violation; be able to name different forms of violence against women and girls throughout the life cycle and in specific contexts; be able to identify some of the causes and factors that put women and girls at risk; and discover some of the key strategies to address violence against women and girls.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 7: Gender Equality in the World of Work
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Respect for diversity is a core value of the United Nations. It requires every UN staff member to treat men and women equally. Along with equality of treatment, combating gender discrimination in the world of work necessitates upholding equality of opportunity. Gender discrimination leads to unequal effects that place the victims of discrimination in a situation of disadvantage, impairing their access to employment opportunities, let alone equality of treatment at the workplace. These unequal effects lead to unequal outcomes between women and men. A well-known outcome is that around the world there are fewer women in employment than men.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 8: Gender Equality and Education
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
This module will introduce you to the main concepts and issues related to gender equality and education. This module was developed because of the importance of education in the life of a child. Education enables a child to grow and develop on a personal level, acquiring the skills, knowledge and attitudes that are crucial to living a fulfilling life. In addition to benefiting the individual child, education also benefits the learner’s family, community, and country. It is therefore critical that we strive to provide equal access and opportunities in education for every child, benefiting girls and boys equally.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 9: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Sexual and reproductive health and rights are fundamental to women’s human rights. Historically, and in many countries at all levels of development today, girls and women do not have control over their reproductive functions or own bodies, and are forced into unwanted marriages and childbearing, which can restrict their access to education and employment and other opportunities. The approach in this module emphasizes the centrality of sexual and reproductive health and rights to the achievement of gender equality and women’s empowerment. In addition, it is centered on the principle that women’s agency is essential to realizing reproductive rights.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 10: Gender Equality in Emergencies
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English
Tuition fee: Free
This module addresses the importance of promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women during all operations, including humanitarian emergencies. Gender equality is a core UN value that all UN staff must honor. In order to have effective, efficient, inclusive and responsive humanitarian assistance that saves lives, alleviates suffering, builds resilience and maintains human dignity, we must look at gender as a key factor.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 11: Women, Peace and Security
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Considering the different needs of women, men, boys and girls in armed conflict and emergency situations makes peace building, recovery measures and security policies more efficient and comprehensive. This module shall give you an overview of gender and women’s rights in peace and security contexts, the international framework for advancing these, and concrete examples from the field on how to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment in peacebuilding and security initiatives.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.
I Know Gender 12: Sexual and Gender Diversity: A Matter of Human Rights
Learning Modality: Self-paced
Date: Available online all year
Duration: Approximately 50 minutes.
Language: English, French and Spanish
Tuition fee: Free
Respect for diversity is a core UN value, and respect for human rights is a fundamental UN principle. UN staff are required to show respect for the rights of everyone - including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people or LGBTI persons. Discrimination and violence against individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity, or because they are intersex, violate UN standards and hinder the achievement of UN goals. We all need to understand how we can integrate respect for the human rights of LGBTI people into our lives and into our work.
Approximately 50 minutes.
All UN System staff and others who are interested to learn about gender issues
A Portable Document Format (PDF) viewer and Flash software is needed in order to view the course. Please note that the course will open in a separate pop-up window, therefore please ensure that pop-up blockers are de-activated. The participant will need a set of headphones or speakers as the course includes audio throughout the entire course.