Center for Gender in Global Context :: Workshops & Trainings

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The Center for Gender in Global Context has the capacity to offer research and gender inclusivity trainings and workshops.

Learn more below, or download our Trainings and Workshops Brochure as a PDF.

Research Trainings Offered

We offer customized trainings to researchers, practitioners and general audiences around the globe in the following broad areas:

Ethics and IRB training
Team-Based Data Collection
Understanding IRBs in the International Context
Designing Data Collection
Data Analysis Courses (examples include interview methods; content analysis; focus groups)
Building a Gender Inclusive Research Team

Inclusivity Trainings Offered

We also offer general inclusivity trainings that include:

Gender & Women’s Leadership in Higher Education Institutions
Gender Inequity in Politics
DEI Education and Assessment
Intersectional and Antiracist Frameworks for Assessment
Student Transitions and Sense of Belonging
Intersectionality, Gender, and Sexual Violence Prevention
Academic Advising and DEI
Gender and Masculinity
Gender-Inclusive Community Needs Assessment
Gender Inclusion 101

Previous Trainings Offered

Qualitative Data Analysis Training

July 24-25, 2024

The Center for Gender in Global Context (GenCen) in collaboration with Zoonotic Vector Borne Research and Training Center, Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Shillong organized a 2-day workshop on advanced qualitative data analysis on July 24th and July 25th 2024 in Shillong, Meghalaya, India. Learn more at this article.

Advancing the Role of Women in Science for Sustainable Development in Africa: Lessons for Leadership of Higher Education Institutions

For the Science Summit of the 79th UN General Assembly, New York

September 18, 2024

Hosted by the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP), MSU’s Center for Gender in a Global Context (GenCen), and the National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF), this dialogue spotlighted the transformative contributions of women scholars and future needs in driving sustainable development and leading Africa’s higher education institutions.

Gender Inclusion 101

This workshop, suitable for a wide range of audiences, covered basics of applied gender inclusive practices, including inclusive pronoun and name usage and practice, gender equity within teams and institutions, interpersonal dialogue, and culturally competent gender inclusion from a global perspective.

Intersectionality, Gender, and Sexual Violence Prevention

April 2021, 2022

In recognition of the Take Back the Night national campaign, GenCen Assistant Director Pat Arnold discussed sexual and gender-based violence prevention from an intersectional perspective. Topics covered included cultural competence and global experiences, Black feminist perspectives and practices, queer and trans inclusive gender-based violence prevention, disability justice/anti-ableism, and violence prevention.

Gender and Masculinity

2020, 2022

Implemented as part of the UNK and MSU Men's Projects, this curriculum introduced participants to diverse masculinities, leadership, and inclusive practices, as well as basics of bystander training and gender-based violence prevention.