Gender and Inclusive Planning for Development Professionals

Gender and Inclusive Planning for Development Professionals
This Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) course explores inclusive development planning; shifting away from traditional methods of development planning processes, where categories of marginalised populations are often excluded. Focusing on underrepresented and historically marginalised groups, this course will demonstrate the importance of inclusion to the development planning discourse, while enhancing the work of development professionals through theoretical exploration and practical application that is rooted in gender, diversity and inclusion as principal constituents of analysis


More about this programme
The primary aim of this course is to introduce learners to population segments that are traditionally marginalised in addressing the weaknesses and disadvantages of systemic exclusion in development planning, by providing analytical and practical methods for gender-sensitive inclusive development planning in eliminating gender inequalities and diversity disparities.

Topics covered include:
1. Discourses of Inclusion: Unpacking Privilege and Biases in Development Planning
2.Inclusive Planning and Gender Sensitive Responsive Reforms
3.Problematising Social Exclusion: Gender, Inclusion and LGBTQ+ Persons
4.Gender, Inclusion, and Minorities in the Caribbean
5. Gender Disparities in Poverty, Inclusive Planning for Women and Girls
6. Strategising Inclusivity: From Inclusion to Transformation


Assessment:
Media Assignment 40% 
Group Presentation 40% 
Class Participation 20%

Entry Requirements
The rationale for enrolment is expected to range from personal interest to professional and vocational benefits. There are no prerequisites.