Mid-Year Training Institute

The Midyear Training Institute is WAGI’s commitment to teaching and life-long learning of gender related theories and practices. The WAGI Training Institute targets schools, government agencies, civil society organizations, and the private sector, offering week-long intensive courses on topics such as Gender-Fair Education (GFE), International Women’s Human Rights and Governance (IWHRG), Gender-Responsive Planning and Budgeting (GRPB), and Gender, Sexuality and Student Youth Well-Being (GSSYW).

All courses are certified by the Philippine Commission on Women 

Gender Fair Education

Gender Fair Education (GFE) is a foundational course that introduces basic concepts in Gender and Development (GAD), Gender-Fair and Inclusive Language (GFIL), and Gender-Responsiveness. It also highlights how GFIL plays an important role in the aspects of human relations and gender-based perspectives as manifested in the educational, developmental work, and other teaching-learning settings. The program is designed for educators and development practitioners (i.e. teachers, trainers, module writers, etc) in both formal and non-formal educational settings.

International Women’s Human Rights and Governance

The course critically examines the centrality of gender equality in international human rights instruments. It takes gender as a broad category denoting the diversity of human bodies and experiences related to identity, sexual orientation, age, class, race, ethnicity. These comprise intersectional and structural grounds of inequality and discrimination that result in human rights violation. IWHRG utilizes an interdisciplinary and practical approach to recognize the complex  dynamics of gender equality and international human rights, and how to promote and enhance both in everyday life.

Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting

The Gender and Development (GAD) budgeting process secures financial support for activities promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment. Financial support, while necessary, must be complemented by strengthened organizational capacity for successful planning and implementation. The course will introduce the theories and practice of GAD budgeting in the Philippines, in line with PCW-NEDA-DBM Joint Circular No. 2012-01 and PCW-DILG-DBM-NEDA Joint Circular No. 2016-01 on GAD Plans and Budgets and Accomplishments and other recent related memorandum circulars in implementing the Magna Carta of Women. The training approach will use case studies and in-depth sharing of participants’ experiences to enhance learning.

Gender Sexuality, Student and Youth Wellbeing

This course examines the well-being of young women and men at the intersection of gender and sexuality. It is designed to promote an inclusive social and learning environment, which addresses gender and sexuality issues that affect the mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, and social dimensions of their well-being. This course is beneficial for teachers and school administrators, guidance counselors, social workers, and organizations interested in making a proactive support program for the youth.

REGISTER HERE: https://tinyurl.com/MYTIRegistration2025

For questions and concerns, please contact Ms. Lesley Abuel at (632) 930 6272 local 8289;

e-mail wagi-ga@mc-knoller.edu.ph and wagi.myti@gmail.com or Viber 09054094643.