WOCAN Core Associate and Lead Trainer Dr. Barun Gurung conducted a training for ICRAF (World Agroforestry Center) on Integrating Gender into the R & D Cycle and the Organization in Kunming, China on May 28- June 3, 2012 for 17 participants from ICRAF and the Kunming Institute of Botany (KIB).
The course presented three modules: the first focused on creating awareness of gender as a social construct, followed by concepts, frameworks and tools for gender analysis in the field; the second module introduced participants to specific methods and concepts to integrate gender (data) into project design, planning, monitoring and evaluation and implementation; thethird module presented an organizational framework to demonstrate why gender integration needs to go beyond the R&D cycle and consider the organization in order to produce effective and lasting results. This resulted in the development of an action plan for ICRAF to integrate gender into its organizational structure and culture. The report of the workshop is found at this link: