GenderPro Curriculum: Your Path to Becoming a Gender Equity Expert

Your Path to the GenderPro Credential

The GenderPro Capacity Building Programme offers a structured path to mastering gender integration in international development and humanitarian work. With our carefully designed curriculum, you'll develop practical skills that can be immediately applied to create meaningful impact in your organization.

Completing this course prepares you for the GenderPro Credential—the first globally recognized certification for gender experts in international development. Whilst the credential requires additional professional experience, this course equips you with the essential knowledge and skills needed to demonstrate your expertise.

Apply now for your spot in the September 2025 cohort

The GenderPro Experience

GenderPro is a 15-week course that combines:

• Self-paced online learning: 90 minutes of core content weekly
• Live interactive sessions: Discussion with expert instructors and global peers
• Personalized mentorship: Guidance on your Action Learning Project
• Sector-specific case studies: Choose between Public Health or Social Development tracks

What You'll Learn

Module 1: Why Gender Integrated Programming Matters

Weeks 1-2

• Core Concepts: Sex, gender and intersectionality
• Practical Applications: Understanding power dynamics and gender inequality
• Real-World Context: Gender-based violence as a form of gender inequality
• Strategic Frameworks: Gender equality in international agreements
• Assessment Tools: CARE's Gender Marker and Gender-Integration Continuum

Module 2: Gender Analysis

Weeks 3-4

• Frameworks: WHO Gender Analysis Matrix; 5 Domains Framework
• Research Methods: Designing effective gender analysis frameworks
• Data Collection: Quantitative, qualitative, and participatory approaches
• Context-Specific Skills: Conducting gender analysis in conflict and humanitarian settings
• Practical Application: Developing a gender analysis for your specific sector

Module 3: Important Considerations for Gender Integrated Programming

Weeks 5-6

• Strategic Approaches: Different pathways to gender-integrated programming
• Stakeholder Engagement: Working with women's movements and engaging men and boys
• Social Change Theory: Understanding and changing social and gender norms
• Inclusive Design: Applying intersectional approaches that leave no one behind

Module 4: Designing & Implementing Gender Integrated Programmes

Weeks 8-9

• Programme Design: Developing effective theories of change
• Planning Tools: Creating results frameworks and gender-responsive budgets
• Ethical Considerations: Ensuring responsible implementation
• Specialised Contexts: Implementation in conflict and humanitarian settings

Module 5: Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

Weeks 10-11

• M&E Frameworks: Gender-integrated approaches across the programme lifecycle
• Measurement Tools: Developing gender-sensitive indicators
• Impact Assessment: Understanding and conducting programme evaluations
• Community Engagement: Participatory monitoring in community-based programmes

Module 6: Communicating for Change

Weeks 12-13

• Strategic Communication: Effective messaging for social change
• Advocacy Skills: Building support for gender-integrated programming
• Scale and Adaptation: Lessons learnt on programme expansion and adaptation
• Professional Integration: Connecting personal values with professional practice

Final Weeks: Action Learning Project Presentations

Weeks 14-15

• Knowledge Synthesis: Bringing together all course concepts in a practical project
• Peer Learning: Sharing insights and receiving feedback from colleagues
• Professional Portfolio: Developing a concrete example of your gender integration expertise

The GenderPro Advantage: Learning Through Application

Throughout the course, you'll develop your own Action Learning Project (ALP), applying new concepts to either:

• Improve an existing project with gender integration techniques
• Design a new gender-responsive initiative from the ground up

Your ALP becomes a valuable addition to your professional portfolio whilst demonstrating your ability to apply gender integration principles in real-world contexts.