GLOBAL EQUALITY PROJECT 2004

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GLOBAL EQUALITY PROJECT2004

• UNION NETWORK INTERNATIONAL
• ASIA PACIFIC REGION
• In collaboration with
• FNV MONDIAL.

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GLOBAL EQUALITY PROJECT

• There are two types of training courses under
  this project namely
• 1. Sub-Regional training courses.
• Intensive type training courses conducted by
  UNI Apro and experience trainers for 7 days.
• 2. National training courses.
• Training courses conducted by past GEP
  participants with UNI Apro with emphasis on
  priorities of their women members in that
  particular country. Training course for 4 days.

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GLOBAL EQUALITY PROJECT

• Both types of training is aim for women members
  only.
• Providing them with Knowledge, Skills to
  implement activities, projects program,
  Positive attitude and bring out the leadership in
  the participant.

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• AIMS of the Sub Regional Training Courses
• To assist women union activists to improve their
  knowledge of the union movement.
• To build an informal mentor-mantee system for
  women activists in this course.
• Improve their communication skills.
• To assist participants to motivate others to
  become active in the union movement.
• To strategically plan activities which involves
  more women into the trade unions.
• To build strategic alliances with other partners
  in campaigns. e.g. Violence Against Women.
• To build a network of equality activists.

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• Objectives of the Sub-Regional training courses
• To create a pool of trainers and women union
  leaders.
• Build a network of mentor and mantee.
• Provide training skills in communication
  education.
• Develop leadership skills.
• Ability to plan, implement and assess trade union
  development projects.
• Create awareness about issues such as Violence
  Against Women and Sexual Harassment.
• Build strategic alliances with other partners in
  campaigns (including NGOs Government).
• Organize more women into trade unions.
• Uplift the participants self-esteem.

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Training Methods

• A team of experienced union leaders and past GEP
  participants (mentors) will conduct the course
  with resource people from UNI Apro and invited
  lecturers.
• The course is based on active learning
  principles, which will involve group exercises,
  case studies, group discussions, role-plays and
  practical exercises that reinforce learning.
• The participants will be expected to develop a
  draft project in consultation with their trade
  unions and to implement project work after the
  course

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Target Group

• Members from newly elected national women
  committees.
• Trade Union Women activists/educators.
• Women leaders in trade unions

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Project Work

• The project work included in the two Sub-Regional
  training program is an important part of the
  training process to enable participants to
  translate the theoretical concept into practical
  ideas.
• This will also ensure that after the training,
  the participants will be able to share their
  experience with other trade union members.
• Gives opportunity for the participant and trade
  union leaders to work closely together developing
  more meaningful projects for the trade union.
• Show or Highlight their leadership skills.

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Monitoring of project implementation

• UNI Apros director of Women and Youth activities
  will monitor the progress of the women
  participants.
• During the course, the participants would have
  build an informal/informal network via the
  internet where they can provide support and
  training resources to strengthen the trade
  unions work in equality issues.

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The GEP Activities

• Two Sub-Regional Training Courses for 7 days each
• UNI-Apro Sub-Regional Training Course for Women -
  South Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka
• UNI Apro Sub-Regional Training Course for Women
  SE Asia
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Three National Training Courses for 4 days each
• UNI Apro/Malaysian Liaison Council Training
  Course for Women
• UNI Apro India National Training Course for Women
  Leaders
• UNI Apro Pakistan National Training Course for
  Women Leaders
• Research and educational materials
• Developing Bahasa Malaysia language educational
  materials.

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Additional courses proposed - no funding
organization yet

• UNI Apro is planning/considering conducting GEP
  type courses for the other SAARC countries
  namely
• Nepal
• Bangladesh
• Colombo
• We are also looking forward in having a Chinese
  (Mandarin) language GEP in Taiwan this year
  participated by trade unions in Malaysia,
  Singapore, Hong Kong and possibly Japan.

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• The GEP has been one of the most successful
  gender training courses where past participants
  has successfully build a stronger team of women
  trade union organizers and educators.
• Increased in women principle leaders at the
  National level is contributed to the GEP.
• Funding is limited thus the design of the program
  where each participants must do an organizing
  project work where they would require to
  implement it thus building a bigger pool of women
  activists.

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• The GEP will aim to train more potential women
  leaders to take up leadership positions in their
  trade unions.
• Trade Union will be encouraged to provide further
  opportunities and exposures to the participants
  on issues pertaining to their industry,
  attendance to the regional sectoral meetings and
  regional conferences.
• The participants will be forwarded periodically
  with news from UNI Apro Women Committee,
  including a copy of the minutes of our meetings.