Gender training and development network is a gender focused Non-governmental organization founded in 2004.The mission is to invest in people, projects and programe by building resources for gender development, training and research. It is believed that women/men are critical development actors and can be powerful catalysts for change.
Therefore, we envisioned a continuum in which women, girls and men including the vulnerable and disadvantaged are able to develop their potentials free from the constraints of ignorance and lack of skills to ensure that women and men participate actively in development process.

GTDN works with a network of civil society groups, individuals, activists, professionals and researchers that are concerned with sustainable gender development and good governance. We focus on the need to initiate and implement change through workable programs, network and approaches to best practices for gender development and build citizens’ voice for good governance using the local government and civil society organizations (CSOs) as entry points.

Two key departments anchor GTDN activities: the development and governance projects units and the HIV/AIDS advocacy unit.

Our Objectives

• To carryout community based research and training on a broad range of gender issues in the areas of leadership, governance and development policy.
• Build capacity of urban based and grassroots CSOs/ individuals in governance and leadership skills.
• Packaging and providing HIV/AIDS information to rural areas particularly on prevention, treatment, stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Building training networks and alliances for civic awareness on good governance, poverty alleviation across States/local Government Areas and conflict management.

On–going Work

• Development of assessment tools for gender status and oversight in governance process.
• Periodic training packaged during elections for women aspirants on how to contest and win elections.
• Research on women and electoral process
  Networking with coalition of NGOs in Lagos state on domestication of CEDAW.
• Training of in-school and out-of school youths on governance issues and conflict mitigation.
• Research on HIV prevention, workplace discrimination and stigma of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
• Sensitization of abstinence/HIV/AIDS for in school youths.
  

Racheal Modupe Okegbola

Instructors During a Seminar presentation