Capacity
building programmes has been one of our strengths when
we initiated Sakhi. Our work with the marginalized communities
equipped us to be very sensitive to the methodologies
and tools in sharing knowledge and building capabilities.
We have done a number of trainings, workshops and courses
with an ever-expanding constituency and a continually
evolving feminist training methodology.
Besides,
residential trainings and courses, we also organize
seminars and workshops on issues of current relevance.
This is meant to sensitize participants on a gender
perspective of development issues
Course
on Gender, Health and Development
Every
year for the past 5 years we have conducted a, 15 day
course on Gender, Health and development for Health
activists and facilitators. This was in English with
participants from all over India
The
course consists of 4 modules:
Module 1 - Introduction to concepts of Gender, Sexuality
and Patriarchy in the context of health, human rights
and development.
Module 2 - Social and Gender Issues of Health
Module 3 - Applying Concepts and Tools to Critique Information,
Research, Policies and Programs.
Module 4 - Social Action: Mobilisation, Advocacy and
Campaign.
Gender
and Leadership Trainings
One
of our major activities is training and capacity building
on gender and related issues. We consider gender as
key element in the process of development and training
as a tool in implementing gender just development. We
have been able to organize a number of programmes this
year as well as be available as resource persons in
programmes organized by other groups and institutions.
Workshops
on Masculinity
In
the context of bringing about gender consciousness,
the need to address men regarding how their gendering
has taken place is felt to be very important. These
workshops were mainly conducted with young men from
universities with a view to bring about more studies
and explorations on how masculinities are getting constructed
in the context of Kerala.
Training
for whom
Men and women from
the community
Elected representatives from various local self Government
institutions
Activists/Staff
of NGO’s
Various levels of
government functionaries
Students from schools
and universities
Women leaders of
SHG’s/community based organizations
Training-
on WHAT
Gender Concepts
feminist ideologies/methodologies
and concepts
Historical analysis
of the origins of patriarchy
social analysis
Gender and health
population policies
and politics
legal rights, legal
literacy
violence
Training
manuals
Sakhi developed a life skill
training manual for adolescents in malayalam called
“Blooming Buds”and three booklets on ‘me and my body’
for boys and girls.
Another manual on gender training is ready and is in
the press
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