A free online IASC course Different Needs-Equal Opportunities is available here in French and English.
This self-directed ecourse provides the basic steps a humanitarian worker must take to ensure gender equality in programming. The course includes information on the core issues of gender and how it relates to other aspects of humanitarian response, including camp management and coordination, education, food issues, gender-based violence, health, livelihoods, non-food items, protection, shelter, water, sanitation, and hygiene. Participants respond to a hypothetical, virtual disaster, solve real-life problems, and learn why gender should be a priority in humanitarian action in the self-paced, interactive course.
What is the purpose of the course?
The 3-5 hour course provides practical approaches on how to ensure that the needs of women, girls, boys and men are being met in humanitarian situations, as well as ensuring their full participation in all aspects of humanitarian programming.
What makes this course unique?
- Immediate certification
- Active learning by doing
- High-impact, visually interesting
- Immediate feedback on your correct and incorrect responses
- Applied learning with concrete examples
- Can be done individually or in groups
Who will benefit from this course?
Anyone working on humanitarian response will benefit from this course.
Francais
Des besoins différents, Des changes égales
Ce cours est actuellement disponible en français et en anglais
Améliorer l’efficacité de l’action humanitaire pour les femmes, les filles, les garçons et les hommes
Apprendre pourquoi et comment l’intégration de l’égalité des sexes dans la programmation humanitaire peut conduire à une réponse plus efficace et à une protection accrue pour les personnes que nous servons.
Suivez ce cours en ligne gratuit, basé sur le manuel de genre de l’IASC et sur les directives sur les violences basées sur le genre. .
Pour plus d’informations sur le cours, visitez le site www.iasc-elearning.org
Minimum Requirements To Run The Course
IMPORTANT!
- Please ensure you have the following minimum requirements before you start the course.
- The course will open up in a new window. Do not close the main browser window. If you close the main window, your work will not be saved.
- If you leave the course unattended for more than four hours, communication will be lost. You will need to log out and log back in to the site.
Minimum Requirements
Operating System
Windows XP (SP2) or Vista
Web Browser
Internet Explorer 7 or higher, or Firefox 3 or higher
Free, downloadable Flash 9 Player or higher installed or available to download
Processor
Pentium III -- 1GHz
Memory
512 MB
Bandwidth
Minimum DSL/Cable modem for web-based delivery
Cookies
Enabled
JavaScript
Enabled
Pop-up Blocker
Turn off your pop-up blocker
Additional Security Setting
Make sure that www.iasc-elearning.org is added to your list of safe sites
Screen Resolution
The course is optimized for a screen resolution of 1024x768
Screen Cuts Off
If the screen does not display entirely, please close your toolbars at the top of your browser
Still having problems?
Email us at: gender@iasc-elearning.org
You will need to disable the pop-up blocker in order to view the course. If the screen does not display entirely, please close your toolbars at the top of your browser. If you have trouble registering for the course, you will need to add http://www.iasc-elearning.org as a trusted site in your Internet browser and/or security software.