Gender Training and Development Network in Nigeria, Africa
Jide Awe
January 18, 2010
Gender Training and Development Network (GTDN), a gender focused Non-governmental organization founded in 2004 and based in Nigeria is deploying technology to fulfill its mission.
GTDN has created web resources to assist the organization to invest in people, projects and programmes.
The web based Gender training and development resources are:
Gender Training and Development Network website
Gender Training and Development Network blog
It is expected that these web resources would boost the performance and effectiveness of two key departments anchor GTDN activities: the development and governance projects units and the HIV/AIDS advocacy unit.
GTDN works with a network of civil society groups, individuals, activists, professionals and researchers that are concerned with sustainable gender development and good governance. It focuses on the need to initiate and implement change through workable programs, network and approaches to best practices for gender development and build citizens´ voice for good governance using the local government and civil society organizations (CSOs) as entry points.
Objectives include:
Carrying out community based research and training on a broad range of gender issues in the areas of leadership, governance and development policy;
Building capacity of urban based and grassroots CSOs / individuals in governance and leadership skills;
Packaging and providing HIV/AIDS information to rural areas particularly on prevention, treatment, stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS;
Building training networks and alliances for civic awareness on good governance, poverty alleviation across States/local Government Areas and conflict management.
Building resources for gender development, training and research.
The Program Director is Racheal Modupe Okegbola who has more than twenty years cognate experience in development community projects and advocacy for women's rights and other marginalized groups in the society in order to create social and behavioral change. This experience dated back to 1987 when she worked for the National Directorate for Employment as Senior Evaluation Officer on development Programs, where efforts were concentrated to providing women, unemployed graduates and civil Society with the basic resources for empowerment.
After the nine years of technical programming and implementation in the ministry, Ms Okegbola also worked as a coordinator of a women's program in a non-profit NGO in Nigeria for two years before she joined the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID/CEDPA Project) from 1997 to 2009
Individuals and organizations interested in Gender training and development are encouraged to connect with GTDN through these resources.
Gender Training and Development Network website
Gender Training and Development Network blog
GTDN has created web resources to assist the organization to invest in people, projects and programmes.
The web based Gender training and development resources are:
Gender Training and Development Network website
Gender Training and Development Network blog
It is expected that these web resources would boost the performance and effectiveness of two key departments anchor GTDN activities: the development and governance projects units and the HIV/AIDS advocacy unit.
GTDN works with a network of civil society groups, individuals, activists, professionals and researchers that are concerned with sustainable gender development and good governance. It focuses on the need to initiate and implement change through workable programs, network and approaches to best practices for gender development and build citizens´ voice for good governance using the local government and civil society organizations (CSOs) as entry points.
Objectives include:
Carrying out community based research and training on a broad range of gender issues in the areas of leadership, governance and development policy;
Building capacity of urban based and grassroots CSOs / individuals in governance and leadership skills;
Packaging and providing HIV/AIDS information to rural areas particularly on prevention, treatment, stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS;
Building training networks and alliances for civic awareness on good governance, poverty alleviation across States/local Government Areas and conflict management.
Building resources for gender development, training and research.
The Program Director is Racheal Modupe Okegbola who has more than twenty years cognate experience in development community projects and advocacy for women's rights and other marginalized groups in the society in order to create social and behavioral change. This experience dated back to 1987 when she worked for the National Directorate for Employment as Senior Evaluation Officer on development Programs, where efforts were concentrated to providing women, unemployed graduates and civil Society with the basic resources for empowerment.
After the nine years of technical programming and implementation in the ministry, Ms Okegbola also worked as a coordinator of a women's program in a non-profit NGO in Nigeria for two years before she joined the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID/CEDPA Project) from 1997 to 2009
Individuals and organizations interested in Gender training and development are encouraged to connect with GTDN through these resources.
Gender Training and Development Network website
Gender Training and Development Network blog
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