- Report year:2024
- Report author: This training guide was developed by Yolanda K Gibb and Dinah Bennett of International Consultants for Entrepreneurship & Enterprise (ICE) Ltd, as part of an intervention conducted by the Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility for the Employers’ Consultative Association of Malawi (ECAM). We want to thank Irene Danquah, ICR Facility, for her reviews, comments, and inputs. We particularly want to thank ECAM, its staff and its partners for their valuable time, feedback and insights during the development and testing of the toolkit.
- Organisation: ICR Facility
Gender inequality has a negative economic impact on workplaces. It can lead to high levels of staff turnover, absenteeism and it can affect profits. It also has a negative psychological impact on those who both experience and witness it. The aim of this training is to give participants a good grounding in the concepts of gender equality, the rationale for eliminating gender discrimination, sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace, as well as a practical overview of what a gender audit is and how to implement such an audit within a workplace. This guide outlines eight training sessions plus a closing session, providing instructions for suggested exercises and background information. There are also supporting slides available to download. The total contact time is around 12 hours, which can be delivered over a two-day workshop.