Large roads, dams, pipelines and mines reshape who earns, who is displaced and who carries the burden of change. When women and gender-diverse people are overlooked, projects meet resistance, delays and reputational damage, and communities lose benefits they were promised. Over five days participants learn to design equity into every stage of an extractive or infrastructure project rather than adding it at the end.
Sessions cover gender analysis, social baseline studies, gender impact assessment, resettlement and land compensation, local content and equitable recruitment, workplace safety and harassment prevention, and grievance mechanisms that women will actually use. You work with IFC Performance Standards, gender-disaggregated indicators and benefit-sharing models, and you practise drafting a gender action plan with budgets and responsibilities. The programme suits community relations officers, social safeguards specialists, ESG and sustainability managers, project engineers, government regulators, NGO staff and development partners working near mines, energy and transport corridors. Classroom sessions run in major African cities, online and in-house, and successful participants receive a CPD-accredited certificate. Afterwards you can brief leadership on gender risks and put a practical plan in front of a project team.
Infrastructure and extractive projects bring jobs, contracts and services, yet the gains rarely reach women and men equally. Land acquisition often bypasses women who farm but do not hold title, camp life exposes female workers to harassment, and consultation held in formal settings can silence the very people most affected. Lenders, host governments and communities now expect companies to show that gender has been analysed and acted upon, not simply mentioned in a policy.
This programme follows the project cycle from feasibility to closure. Participants begin with gender concepts and the specific dynamics of mining, oil and gas, energy, roads and water schemes. They then learn how to carry out gender analysis during impact assessment, plan consultation that reaches women, address resettlement and livelihood restoration, and build local employment and procurement opportunities that include women-owned enterprises. Later sessions deal with workplace culture, safety, grievance handling and the monitoring of results using sex-disaggregated data.
Teaching relies on case files from African and global projects, structured group work and templates participants can take back to their own sites. By the final session each participant has outlined a gender action plan suited to a project they know.
By the end of the programme, participants will be able to:
Participants complete the programme with:
Learning is grounded in the situations participants meet on real project sites. Delivery includes:
Day 1: Gender and Large-Scale Projects
Day 2: Gender Analysis and Impact Assessment
Day 3: Consultation, Land and Resettlement
Day 4: Jobs, Local Content and the Workplace
Day 5: Grievances, Monitoring and Action Planning
The programme is intended for people who plan, finance, regulate or live alongside large projects, including:
On completing the programme, participants who have attended the sessions and finished the practical exercises are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Built for Equity: Gender in Infrastructure, Mining, and Extractives programme, you'll be able to explain how gender shapes risks and benefits across the infrastructure and extractives project cycle, conduct gender analysis and integrate it into social and environmental impact assessment, design consultation methods that give women and marginalised groups a real voice, and address gender dimensions of land acquisition, resettlement and livelihood restoration. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The programme is intended for people who plan, finance, regulate or live alongside large projects, including: Community relations and social performance officers in mining and oil and gas companies, Social safeguards and resettlement specialists, ESG, sustainability and corporate responsibility managers, Project managers and site engineers on roads, energy and water schemes, Human resource and local content managers, Government regulators and ministry officials overseeing licensing, NGO and civil society staff working with affected communities, and Development finance and donor programme officers.
Built for Equity: Gender in Infrastructure, Mining, and Extractives Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Built for Equity: Gender in Infrastructure, Mining, and Extractives Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Built for Equity: Gender in Infrastructure, Mining, and Extractives starts November 2, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Built for Equity: Gender in Infrastructure, Mining, and Extractives Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Built for Equity: Gender in Infrastructure, Mining, and Extractives Training Course is pitched at intermediate professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Built for Equity: Gender in Infrastructure, Mining, and Extractives Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Built for Equity: Gender in Infrastructure, Mining, and Extractives Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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