Capacity Building Tool for Gender Equality at the Work Place

Objectives

To enhance the ability of staff at all levels in the assessed unit to understand the gender dimensions at work, particularly how seemingly gender neutral business practices and organizational cultures affect men and women differently, as well as how certain attitudes and gender-biased assumptions can have a negative effect on women workers’ performance, morale and positions.

Geographical spread

National Key areas/components Developing modules as a self-learning tool.

• Module 1 : Social norms and constraints
• Module 2 : Concerns specific to women workers
• Module 3: Enabling work environment
• Module 4: Women and management

Key outputs

A self-learning tool for employer organisations and their members at all levels in the Indian and South Asian context.

Year/period

April 2009-July 2009

Client

International Labour Organisation, New Delhi