The Gender and Development Certificate Course is a capacity-building programme of the PIC Institute (at the Policy Innovation Centre) designed to build participants’ capacity on gender and its multifaceted applications to development.
The course equips professionals with the technical skills and practical approaches needed to challenge inequality, address social disparities, and integrate gender perspectives across development sectors.
The programme combines evidence-based learning with real-world application to support more inclusive and effective development outcomes.
Who Should Attend
Development Practitioners
Professionals working across health, education, agriculture, governance, and social development.
Policy & Programme Officers
Project leads, analysts, and officers responsible for integrating gender into initiatives.
Inclusion & Gender Specialists
Individuals working on women’s empowerment, inclusion, intersectionality, and diversity.
Government Officials
Professionals involved in policy, planning, budgeting, public administration, social protection, and service delivery.
Donor Agency Professionals
Individuals working in programme funding, grants management, development programming, monitoring, and results management.
Private Sector Professionals
Individuals working in human resources, corporate social responsibility, sustainability, leadership, and organisational development.
Civil Society Practitioners
Professionals working in advocacy, human rights, women’s empowerment, community development, social justice, and inclusion.
Our Gender for Development Courses
These are some of the structured capacity-building programmes we offer.
Designing Gender Responsive policy, advocacy and communication strategies
Specialized courses examining gender-responsiveness in thematic areas like communication, policy, and advocacy.
Registration Ongoing
Application is currently ongoing
Gender and Development Course
The Gender and Development Course is a flagship capacity-building program under the PIC Gender System Strengthening Pillar aimed to build the capacity of participants on gender and it’s multifaceted application to development.
Closed
This programme is not open in the current session.
Gender Responsive Budgeting and Taxation Planning
A tailored program aimed at integrating gender perspectives into business and economic development strategies.
Closed
This programme is not open in the current session.
What You Will Learn
By the end of the course, participants will gain practical skills in Gender analysis and gender mainstreaming, Integrating gender into public policy and development programmes, Applying gender frameworks across sectors and, Designing gender-responsive and inclusive interventions
What participants are saying...
A lot of perspective shifting occurred because of the Gender and Development Course. The course did not just provide academic definitions and applications of gender-related concepts, but also made it possible for me to recognize where contexts exist and how to spot them.
Peter Akinnusi
Partner, Banwo & Ighodalo
Thanks to the GDC faculty, I now have ideas of the methodology and tools for properly assessing gender in crucial issues. The intentionality in selecting facilitators and the entire planning process displays PIC’s hard work in curating the entire program.
Lilian Anomnachi
Executive Director, Technical Advice Connect, TAConnect
GDC is an enlightening course. I now have an in-depth understanding of concepts that I was once familiar with. The course is an eye-opener because I can now identify the things I am doing wrong and how to address them.
Adeola Alabi
Gender Research Associate – International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
GDC has changed my overall view of gender because it places so much emphasis on how to translate knowledge into real action. It explains the necessity of gender in our everyday lives as individuals and is very relatable.
Maryam Augie-Abdulmumin
Executive Director, Illmi Children’s Fund
For further enquiries, kindly contact
Ms. Eseoghene Adams
Eseoghene.Adams@policycentre.org | +234 803 498 3392
Ms. Adanna Omeye
Adanna.Omeye@policycentre.org
