Training Manual for Women Politicians

DRAFT COPY

Prepared By:

Ms. WANJIRO GATHIRA & Ms. MABEL IMALI ISOLIO
P.O. BOX 5553 -00200
NAIROBI
Email: [e-mail];[e-mail]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4

MODULE 1: Overview of Manual

Introductions, Expectations, Ground Rules and Overview of Training………………… 9

MODULE TWO:

Considering Gender in Leadership………………………………………………………….. 10

Gender Analysis frameworks………………………………………………………………….. 15
Institutional Frameworks for Mainstreaming Gender……………………………………… 19

MODULE THREE:

International Human Rights Instruments…………………………………………………….. 22

International Commitments to Gender Equality, Equity and Empowerment……….. 27

MODULE FOUR:

Gender Equality in Politics and Decision making…………………………………………. 32

MODULE FIVE:

Leadership Skills………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
Team Building……………………………………………………………………………………. 42
Conflict Management and Transformation……………………………………………….. 46
Networking and Collaboration………………………………………………………………. 48

MODULE SIX:

Personal Empowerment……………………………………………………………………….. 50
Creative Thinking………………………………………………………………………………... 52
Stress Management…………………………………………………………………………….. 54
Balancing Personal and Professional Life…………………………………………………... 56
Career Development…………………………………………………………………………... 58
Assertiveness and Development of Self-Esteem…………………………………………… 60

MODULE SEVEN:

Presentation and Public Speaking Skills……………………………………………………... 63

MODULE EIGHT:

Strategic Planning………………………………………………………………………………. 66

MODULE NINE:

Lobbying and Advocacy……………………………………………………………………… 68
Resource Mobilization………………………………………………………………………….. 71
Monitoring and Evaluation…………………………………………………………………….. 75

MODULE TEN:

Voter Education and Campaigns…………………………………………………………… 78
Women and the Media………………………………………………………………………… 81

Preamble

Even though women constitute over 50% of the Southern Sudan society, they participate marginally in the