About the training

Women and girls represent half of the world’s 7.6 billion of population and, therefore, also half of its potential. Gender equality, besides being a fundamental human right, is essential to achieve peaceful societies, with full human potential and sustainable development. Moreover, it has been shown that empowering women spurs productivity and economic growth. According to UNDP, Gender inequality remains a major barrier to human development. Girls and women have made major strides since 1990, but they have not yet gained gender equity.

The 3-day training provided a comprehensive, clearly defined and easily understandable structure of analyzing conflicts and planning strategies to address gender inequalities among vulnerable groups, especially refugees. The training developed the skills and competences of participants who are active in aid organisations to ensure that they acquire an adequate preparation to analyse conflicts and choose the most adequate intervention strategies. In this sense the training extended to those who are willing to help others but feel the need or the willingness to take a step further and learn professional skills.

Outcomes of the training

At the end of the training, participants were able to understand the complexity of conflict situations and prepare for fruitful, effective and sustainable solutions to address gender inequalities among vulnerable groups.

The training provided participants with:

1. A good preparation for all the young people and young professionals with limited experience who are looking to commit themselves to work or volunteering experiences in Europe and abroad.
2. The possibility to understand the problematics connected to a certain conflict and choose the most effective and reasonable solution.
3. Fundamentals of the conflict analysis to those who want to work in the humanitarian aid field at a later stage.

Trainer

Billy Batware

Billy is an expert in international security with personal and professional experience and expertise in conflict resolution. He is a certified trainer and works for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna where he is responsible for transnational organized crime projects. After leaving his country Rwanda in 1994 where he experienced conflicts first-hand, Billy studied diplomacy and international security in Vienna, Austria and lived and worked in conflict-affected countries. Billy has been conducting conflict analysis trainings since 2012 and has trained more than 300 people from all over the world. Billy is a guest lecturer of international security and development, a regular speaker at international conferences and the founder of several human security initiatives namely the United for Education and Sustainable Futures, Regional Academy on the United Nations, and International Security and Conflict Analysis Network.