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:

• 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.
• Address gender dimensions of land acquisition, resettlement and livelihood restoration.
• Develop local content, hiring and procurement measures that widen women's participation.
• Prevent harassment and strengthen safety and welfare for women in the workplace.
• Set up grievance mechanisms and gender-sensitive indicators to track results.

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
• Development finance and donor programme officers

Participants complete the programme with:

• A draft gender action plan with actions, budgets, owners and timelines.
• A gender analysis checklist for baseline studies and impact assessment.
• A consultation plan designed to reach women and other under-represented groups.
• A set of sex-disaggregated indicators ready to add to a monitoring framework.
• Model language for local hiring, procurement and anti-harassment commitments.
• A short brief for senior managers on why gender equity reduces project risk.

Learning is grounded in the situations participants meet on real project sites. Delivery includes:

• Facilitated briefings drawing on mining, energy and transport project experience
• Case files showing gender gaps in compensation, hiring and consultation
• Small-group work to build analysis tools and action plans
• Role plays of community meetings and grievance interviews
• Peer review of each participant's draft gender action plan

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.