Civil Society Strengthening (CSO) Program

Gender at Work's CSO Strengthening Program enables a broad range of CSOs to develop organizational programs and structures that support women's voice, participation and empowerment.  

To date, over 26 CSOs and CBOs have developed substantial pathways for women’s voices and participation within their organizations and communities in India and South Africa, with program variations applied in East Africa and The Horn of Africa. For instance, in India, organizational partners worked on issues ranging from children’s rights to indigenous people’s advocacy. In South Africa, organizations are working together to realize their individual change projects, which include disability services, community greening, anti-privatization and farm workers’ rights. For case studies in India and South Africa, click here.

The CSO Strengthening strategy is typically an 18-month process, during which we foster learning and group accountability through peer-learning workshops. Together, partner organizations strategically analyze their inhibitors to women's full participation and, with this analysis, craft an organizational change project. In between the peer-learning workshops, organizations receive individual visits from a G@W facilitator, who provides tools and resources to help each organization realize its change goals.

Click here to learn more about our CSO Strengthening Program's approach and methodologies

For more information about participating in our CSO Strengthening Program, write to us at info@genderatwork.org

To view our Power Point Presentation: Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality: Making Change Happen through Dialogic, Creative & Evolutionary Processes click here.