This training module is designed as a guide for UN staff to conduct a two-day introductory gender analysis and gender planning training course for UNDP staff. Gender training is an attempt to change perceptions, attitudes and behaviors that have been acquired over a very long period of time in a variety of cultural contexts.

This report analyzes how gender-responsive changes to accountability systems are enhancing women’s influence in politics and their access to public services. It also highlights women's access to economic opportunities,to justice, and to international assistance for development and security.

Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS) is a resource center on international women's issues and a coordinating organ for women's organizations in Norway.