8th CAPWIP Training: Making Governance Gender Responsive (MGGR), Philippines

`Making Governance Gender Responsive (MGGR)` is a generic course that can be adapted and modified to suit the needs of the different countries in Asia-Pacific. The initial training module was developed by the Center for Asia-Pacific Women in Politics (CAPWIP), with funding support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through its Asia-Pacific Gender Equality Network (UNDP-APGEN) and the Regional Governance Programme for Asia and the Pacific (UNDP-PARAGON).

The training is intended for men and women involved in:

• Electoral politics (all levels: national, provincial, city/municipality)
• The bureaucracy (all levels: national, provincial, city/municipality)
• Political parties (officials and members)
• Training Institutes (government, private sectors and non - government)
• Development of governance policies, programs and projects.
• Working with NGO's, civil society groups interested in gender, governance and leadership.
• Women and men who are simply interested in the question of gender, governance and leadership.

Specifically, after the training program, the participants are expected to:

• Enhance their understanding of Gender and Development (GAD) and governance concepts.
• Gain appreciation of gender - related and governance issues and concern.
• Identifying gender biases in governance
• Acquire skills in identifying and analyzing gender biases and concerns trough case examples of strategies and practices to address gender biases.
• Identifying gender biases in the participant's sphere of influence - a change management approach.
• Formulate Action Plans: Institutional and Individual.