The Gender Department organized and attended many National and International Programmes during the period under review

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES
The Promotion of Women in Education (PWE) organized a Sub-Regional Forum on the Status of Women in the ECOWAS Countries for eleven (11) countries in Ibadan, Nigeria from 11th to 14th February 2002. The Workshop was under the theme “Partnership on the Improvement of the Status of Women in the ECOWAS Countries”. More than thirty participants participated. Participating Countries included Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cote d’ Ivoire, Guinea, Benin, Gambia, Niger, Mali, Togo, Senegal, Nigeria and Liberia. Ghana presented three participants including two GNAT-LAS activists. The National Gender Coordinator presented a paper on it.

2.0 GENDER WORKSHOP
The GNAT-LAS participated in the first ever Gender Workshop, which was organized by the Gender Development Centre at Abokobi, Accra. The theme for the workshop was “ Gender, A living reality” at Abokobi in Accra. Two activists of GNAT – LAS: Helena Awurusa; National Gender Coordinator and Rebecca Larbi, former East Akyem District GNAT- LAS Coordinator attended the workshop.

3.0 SUB REGIONAL PWE TRAINING WORKSHOP IN FREETOWN-SIERRA LEONE
Sierra Leone hosted a Sub-Regional Workshop in Freetown from 11th to 15th November 2002. This Sub-Regional Workshop, which was organized by the Promotion of Women in Education (PWE) Regional Office in Lome, Togo, was to give participants Advance Leadership Training. The theme for the Workshop was “Enhancing Female Union Leaders Capacities”The National Coordinator for Gender Programmes Miss Helena Awurusa represented the PWE Regional Coordinator at the workshop.

3.0 SUB-REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON PRE-UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN EASTERN AFRICA-NAIROBI, KENYA

Education International, Africa Region organised a four- day Sub-Regional Workshop on Pre-University Education for eleven countries in Eastern Africa from 24th to 29th September, 2003 in Nairobi, Kenya. The theme for the workshop was “Promotion of Pre-University Education in Eastern Africa”. The workshop objectives were:
• To discuss the challenges of enrolling all children in schools via the multiple shift system
• To deliberate on the purposes of multi-shift schooling as well as its advantages and disadvantages
• To discuss the role of teachers and their organizations in the planning and running of multi- shift schooling
• To develop union policies on improvement of access and equity
The National Coordinator attended and presented a Paper on the topic “Pre-University Education, Bridging the Gender Gap”.

VIDEO CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS WITH UGANDA AND TANZANIA AT GIMPA, ACCRA- MAY 2003

Two GNAT–LAS Activists – National Coordinator and Joyce Agyekum – Former Assistant Headmistress of Labone Senior Secondary School attended the workshop.

PWE LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR TEWU MEMBERS
GNAT in collaboration with PWE and CTF organized two separate Leadership Training Workshops for TEWU Women in Education for the Southern sector – 13th to 16th July 2003 in Accra and Northern sector from 11th to 24th July 2004 in Tamale. The workshops were under the theme “ Development Of Women in Administration in the Education Sector”.
The aim of the project was to increase by 30% the number of women in Administration in the education sector to leadership positions. It was also envisaged that by the end of the project, 80 participants would undergo training in Information Communication Technology, Administration, Time and Stress Management, Book Keeping and Accounting and Communication Skills. This would enable them vie for higher positions.
Seventy-nine participants benefited from both workshops. More