Specialisation Course - Leadership & Gender
Although there is abundance of available leadership trainings of all kinds and lengths out there, few of them examine leadership as a gendered concept. Yet, it is known today that gender influences leadership and female and male leaders therefore both experience their leadership differently and are evaluated on different basis. Simply being a woman can be enough not to be seen as being leadership material. This applies equally among internationals and in the host society.
Armed conflict affects women and men, boys and girls differently. While men are often killed in greater numbers as a direct consequence of conflict, women die more often as indirect consequences of conflict. Differences in access to the public sphere, access to power and to resources between men and women often leave women without the same opportunities to voice their needs. It is important that international operations aimed at restoring peace and stability understand gendered differences like these, and that they take into consideration the needs of the entire population. Understanding gendered differences and promoting gender equality is the professional responsibility of international mission staff.
