The GenderPro Capacity Building Programme

The GenderPro Capacity Building Programme

GenderPro is the premier professional development programme for gender equity champions.

What is the GenderPro Capacity Building Programme:

• A 15-week online course that prepares you to become a gender specialist – combining technical knowledge with hands-on tools for gender mainstreaming, programme design, and evaluation.
• An opportunity to connect with participants from all over the world and get personalised feedback from expert instructors
• Training for the GenderPro Credential – the first-ever internationally recognised professional accreditation for gender and development practitioners

Programme Overview

GenderPro consists of about an hour and a half of work per week over about four months and an applied practicum focused on a work deliverable. Two 15-week cohorts are administered per year. Cohorts consist of several sections (each with no more than 15 students), led by an expert instructor.

Your instructor will help you troubleshoot challenges, review your work and offer personalised feedback – so you can apply each lesson directly to your work and your context.

Our fully online learning environment means you’ll get to connect with participants from all over the world: expanding your professional network and your perspective. It also offers flexibility. You can select the session that works best for your time zone, your career, and your life.

The total cost of the course is $2,500. Payment will be due after acceptance to the course, but before the course begins.

GenderPro is a Great Choice for You if:

• You want practical frameworks and tools to improve your programme design.
• You’re already running programs, but you want to become a gender equity and social inclusion (GESI) expert.
• Your work is focused on inclusion – disability or race – and you want to build expertise on gender.
• You know that gender mainstreaming is foundational for your work to prevent gender-based violence and discrimination.

What You'll Learn:

Over 15 weeks, you'll master essential competencies that organisations worldwide are seeking in gender specialists:

• Gender mainstreaming
• Gender as an analytical framework
• Programme design and evaluation
• Ethics in gender programming
• How to communicate your findings

After GenderPro, You Will be Equipped to:

• Be the gender focal point for an organisation or project
• Design, manage, and evaluate programmes with a gender equity focus
• Build your team’s capacity with global best practices for gender mainstreaming in programming and beyond

Applications for the Spring 2026 Cohort 

will open on November 1.