Gender mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for promoting gender equality. Mainstreaming involves ensuring that gender perspectives and attention to the goal of gender equality are central to all activities – policy development, research, advocacy/ dialogue, legislation, resource allocation, and planning, implementation and monitoring of programmes and projects. The purpose of this activity is to give you greater awareness of this strategy and how it is applied, in an interactive format.

Complete both of the online gender training modules available through the Canadian Cooperatives Association.

Module Part A: http://www.coopscanada.coop/en/orphan/gender-modules-a

Module Part B: http://www.coopscanada.coop/en/orphan/gender-modules-b

As you work through the modules copy your answers to the written questions onto the answer sheet attached here. This will be what you submit for marks to prove that you have completed the modules, along with a screen shot of the conclusions. Note, for questions that do not require written answers (such as fill-in-the-blanks) you do not have to submit your answers.