Building on WOCAN's experience from the UN Commission on Sustainable Development 16th and 17th Sessions Agenda on Agriculture, Rural Development, Land, Desertification and Africa
This Advocacy Training Module for Women in Agriculture aims to support WOCAN staff, members and partners that are participating in WOCAN's advocacy efforts in future global, regional and national policy dialogue spaces. The skills imparted in this Training Module are also applicable in inter-governmental decision-making processes. It is intended to be an iterative document whereby it can be updated and reformatted based on further comments and hands-on experience in the use of the Training Module.
The preparation of this Training Module builds from several consultation processes and training sessions conducted by WOCAN including: the preparation of the Integrated Learning Tool for Rural Women and Girls based on the Socio Economic and Gender Analysis (SEAGA) and the Participatory and Negotiated Territorial Development (PNTD), in collaboration with the FAO in 2007; the Skills Training session on Advocacy, Negotiation and Participation, organised by WOCAN during the African Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) of CSD held in Addis Ababa in October 2007; Women Major Strategy Session Side Event held during the Asia RIM held in Jakarta in November 2007; the Side Event on Investing in Agriculture: For Who? What? and Where? - organised by WOCAN, IFAD and Heifer International during the European RIM held in Geneva in January 2008; and Gender Advocacy in Agriculture and Rural Development Training Session at the Learning Centre during the CSD 16 in New York in May 2008.
