The Rural Integrated Center for Community Empowerment (RICCE) recently conducted an intensive one-day training to enhance the capacity of Liberian partners within the Green Livelihoods Alliance (GLA) on gender-sensitive programming.
The workshop, which included partners such as the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), Community Rights Support Facility (CRSF), and The Daylight, focused on critical gender concepts including inclusion, equity, equality, and intersectionality.
RICCE Program Manager, Madam Renee N. Gibson, highlighted that the training’s goal is to widen the “gender lenses” of partners. This helps them identify and prevent biases and barriers that contribute to inequality and the exclusion of women in community projects.
Participants were introduced to practical tools for conducting gender analysis and integrating gender-sensitive indicators into their environmental and development initiatives. Facilitators Renee N. Gibson and Dayugar Johnson led interactive discussions, emphasizing the importance of understanding the unique roles of women and men in rural settings to design effective programs.
This initiative is part of RICCE’s work to provide ongoing gender technical support to GLA partners, funded by the Green Livelihoods Alliance “forest for a just future programme” through the Global Forest Coalition (GFC).
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