Over the years, Gender Links’ training work has taken on several dimensions, including the development of a wide array of training materials and tools, as well as short courses on various themes such as gender violence, HIV and AIDS, SRHR, elections and the media, gender and economic reporting, and women’s political participation.

We also piloted a media literacy course for the general public in South Africa, which has since been extended to different target groups, including learners, women in politics and journalism, and media trainers.

Gender Links used the Gender in Media Training: a Southern African Toolkit to conduct two training-of-trainer courses: one for members of SAMTRAN, held in Tanzania with support from NIZA in July 2002; and another in Johannesburg for Gender Links staff, associates and partners in January 2003 with support from Hivos.

Gender Links also ran a training-of-trainers workshop on gender, HIV/AIDS and the media, using a manual developed with support from the Ford Foundation.