The Division for Gender Equality of the Office of the Director-General launched a house-wide Capacity-Development and Training Programme in Gender Mainstreaming.

The objectives of the Programme are to:

(i) Improve staff understanding of gender concepts and gender equality issues in relation to UNESCO’s domains;

(ii) Ensure the integration of women’s empowerment and gender equality perspectives in programme and project implementation, monitoring and evaluation with a view to promoting gender equality in all UNESCO activities and programmes;

(iii) Enhance the capacities of staff to help contribute towards the achievement of gender-related EFA and Millennium Development Goals (MDG).