The Parliamentary Centre in Ghana

Gender Sensitization and Mainstreaming workshop for Parliamentary Staff

Parliamentary Centre under the Ghana Parliamentary Committee Support Project Phase II (GPCSPII) organized a weekend workshop from 24 th to 26 th March, 2006, to build on an earlier video conference session for staff in October 2004, and on recommendations of a gender assessment of Parliamentary staff in February, 2006.

The workshop formed part of the Parliamentary Support Project’s effort at equipping key Parliamentary Committees with the relevant and basic gender planning skills towards enhancing gender mainstreaming in the work of Parliament in Ghana. It also responds to CIDA’s Gender Strategy in Ghana which amongst others outlines the need ‘to strengthen the capacity of targeted Ghanaian institutions and organizations to integrate gender equality considerations’.

The overall goal of the workshop was ‘To develop in staff, a Culture of integrating Gender Concerns in all activities in order to Promote Social Justice through Gender-Responsive Sustainable Development’.

Mr. Adams Fusheini (IRC GPCSPII) delivers a presentation on “MDGs a case for gender”		Group picture of participants and resource persons at the Gender training workshop
Participants reflect on “Mr Moyo” story before the group exercises		Participants expectations from the workshop
The resource persons with the Deputy clerk of parliament during the opening session of the workshop		Time for Energizers