Gender Equality Policy Design and Women's Empowerment Training

Learning Outcomes

• Analyze the legal and policy frameworks governing gender equality in South Africa.
• Design a comprehensive gender equality policy aligned with organizational goals and legislative requirements.
• Evaluate existing policies for gender sensitivity and inclusivity.
• Implement strategies to promote women's empowerment within the workplace.
• Demonstrate stakeholder engagement techniques for policy development and review.
• Apply monitoring and evaluation methods to assess policy effectiveness.

Target Audience

Ideal for HR professionals, policy developers, diversity and inclusion officers, and managers responsible for creating or updating gender equality policies in their organizations.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practicals provide hands-on experience in applying gender analysis tools, designing policy components, and developing advocacy plans. Learners work in groups on real-world scenarios, enhancing their ability to translate theory into practice.

Practical Activities

• Gender Analysis of a Sectoral Policy — Learners select a sectoral policy (e.g., agriculture, education) and conduct a gender analysis using the Harvard Analytical Framework, identifying gaps and recommending changes. (5h)
• Designing a Gender-Responsive Policy Brief — Groups develop a policy brief on a selected gender issue, including problem statement, evidence, policy options, and gender-sensitive indicators. (5h)
• Empowerment Strategy Mapping — Using a case study, learners map empowerment strategies across economic, social, political, and psychological dimensions, and design an intervention logic. (4h)
• Advocacy Campaign Planning — Teams develop an advocacy campaign plan for a gender equality issue, including goals, target audiences, key messages, and tactics. (4h)
• Action Plan Presentation and Feedback — Each learner presents their personal/organisational gender equality action plan, receives constructive feedback, and revises as needed. (3h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.