Gender Agenda International

Gender Agenda International is a joint initiative developed by Force International and Amuka, building on the expertise of the owners of both companies, Jane Townsley and Ellie Bird.

Gender Agenda International provides an innovative approach to ensuring women play their full part in building trusting relationships with communities and perform critical leadership roles in delivering change and transforming service delivery across both public and private institutions.

We go beyond the rhetoric of gender units and gender mainstreaming as solutions, supporting the development of gender responsive service delivery, assessing threats and risks facing women, youth and marginalised communities, ensuring that organisational service delivery is fit for purpose.

Our Vision

Our vision is that women, free from exploitation and abuse are at the heart of defining and delivering effective solutions – ensuring their safety and wellbeing and that of their families and communities.

Our Mission

Our mission is to maximise the contribution of women across multi disciplines and within diverse communities to bring about change. For women to be empowered to develop the skills and the status to be decision makers and leaders.

Our Approach

Explore

To understand the issues through engagement, review and assessment
To understand the environment of cultural and traditional practice within which we seek to bring about change
To understand the status of women in the community and in key organisations and public bodies
To establish baseline survey data of participants to inform priorities and critical issues.

Review

Current performance against critical objectives
Define and recognise good practice, early and critical success factors
The role of women in leadership roles, decision making and consultation

Engage

To understand the drive and commitment to bring about change
Become a part of the challenge and commitment to succeed
With critical groups and stakeholders define need, priorities and solutions
With business to identify their role in defining and delivering success

Facilitate

Bringing together multi agency organisations and community groups to map the challenge
Engagement with marginalised and underrepresented women
Defining multi participant roles and responsibilities
A collaborative approach to define resources, capacity and capability

Develop

Framework of objectives and performance measures to complement existing priorities
Action Plan to deliver and monitor performance against newly defined objectives
Gender Agenda International Action Plan to maximise the contribution of women

Enable

Empowerment; developing a syllabus to equip young women with the skills and confidence to make informed decisions and a meaningful contribution
Leadership; leading beyond the authority of any one organisation to deliver against specific objectives
Coaching; provide support to those key individuals critical to the success
Networking; provide support to develop and maintain critical networks

Whether you are looking to build safer and more resilient communities, enhance the status of women or achieve critical objectives that drive National Action Plans, Sustainable Development Goals or political manifestos; Gender Agenda International has the ability and credibility to shape and inform how you deliver successful outcomes.

Through a co-design approach we will work with you to understand the issues, identify obstacles, engage with critical groups and develop a framework of activity to monitor achievement against clearly defined objectives.

Gender Agenda International brings together a credible and effective framework for maximising the potential of women across multi disciplines and within diverse communities.

We believe that the status of women in communities reflects the status of women in law enforcement and governance. Their status determines the ability of governments and leaders to effectively respond to conflict and natural disaster and their ability to succeed in achieving challenging local and international development goals.

Success is defined by opportunities for women to define solutions, to lead activities and their trust and confidence in governance.

Gender Agenda International is delivered by women who have worked at the heart of diverse and challenging environments with cultural and traditional difference inspiring confidence amongst marginalised communities. They recognise the critical role of men and the need to engage.

With an informed understanding of the issues, we can develop programmes for governments and leaders, equip local women with the skills to define effective and meaningful solutions developing their ability to undertake leadership roles in their community and within organisations.

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