Training Manual: Gender Leadership in Humanitarian Action- Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice in the Humanitarian System. This manual pulls a range of sources, adapting and updating them for an integrated five-day training module designed to develop gender leadership in humanitarian action in a country context. It draws heavily on work by the authors of Oxfam’s Training Manual on Gender Equality and Women’s Rights in Emergencies, Oxfam, (2013, unpublished). It also draws on training materials compiled for Oxfam’s Gender Leadership Programme, particularly those delivered in the Middle East & Commonwealth of Independent States (MECIS) region, and on training materials developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). The Simulation of a disaster exercise is adapted from the exercise used in IASC’s online course, Gender in Humanitarian Action. Various case studies from the online course have also been used. It is hoped that people will use this source to adapt and create their own training sessions too, in this rapidly evolving and vital area of work.
This study highlights a variety of ways that women, specifically, have experienced conflict and peacebuilding, and offers new insights and provides important lessons for international and national agencies promoting democracy reform and peacebuilding. Its purpose is twofold: first, to increase the visibility and recognition of women from marginalized communities as stakeholders in peace- and state-building activities, as actors who both disrupt (‘spoilers’) and work toward (‘facilitators’) peace and security; and, second, to raise awareness about strategies and practices to enhance their participation.
Women, peace and security Handbook: Compilation and analysis of United Nations Security Council Resolution Language 2000-2012, is a publication of the peace women programme of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). This tool compiles good practice language, options and recommendations to integrate gender and women’s rights into the work of the Security Council, based on Peace women's Resolution Watch initiative.
