Mainstreaming Gender in the Training Cycle

There are various factors, both individual and structural, that prevent people from accessing, participating in, and benefiting equally from learning and training opportunities. Inclusive learning is about recognising the diversity of needs among learners and reducing obstacles to their participation, in order to ensure that no learner is left behind as we harness the full potential of learning.

Ultimately the impact of learning interventions is influenced by how inclusive they are. Learning designers, trainers and project managers who fail to consider inclusivity could risk compromising the effectiveness of their training events, by not adapting the training space and approach, or by potentially reinforcing inequalities and harmful stereotypes.

When gender and inclusivity is not sufficiently considered in the design and implementation of training and learning solutions, we risk causing harm and exacerbating the inequalities we are trying to reduce.

These gender and inclusivity guides are for learning designers, trainers, project managers and organisations who are mainstreaming inclusivity across all aspects of project design and implementation. Its purpose is to make learning more inclusive, effective and impactful.