Empowered Pathways: Navigating Gender and Women's Leadership

This course dives into modules of Leadership and Stress Markers, Positivity and Resilience, Public Speaking, and Mentoring, to help you become a more effective leader.

The course is part of the One UNITAR Gender initiative, which aims to empower more women around the world, especially in developing countries and least developed countries, to strengthen their leadership skills and feel empowered to apply and share their knowledge with others.

This self-paced mobile learning course is easily accessible on a phone or tablet at your own pace. If the Internet is unstable, you can download lessons and learn offline. The course is published on the Educate All learning platform EdApp. Access is public and free of charge.

Target Audience

This course is designed for a wide range of audience of all levels of experience, including individuals, expert leaders, as well as community leaders, who are looking to build and enhance their leadership abilities.

Learning Objectives

After completing the course you will be able to:

Provide examples for how stress impacts the 5 core areas of functioning.
Recognize your own stress markers as an alert to nurture regenerative and resilience building habits.
Practice stress management in leadership.
Define what positivity means and provide examples for how it can be cultivated in daily life.
Define the key components of resilience and provide examples for how resilience can be developed and strengthened.
Describe how positivity and resilience can reinforce each other and contribute to coping with challenges and setbacks.
Identify the key elements of strong relationships and their importance in effective leadership.
Practice self-reflection and self-awareness to identify personal strengths and areas for improvement in relationship-building and leadership.
Identify the key elements of strong relationships and their importance in effective leadership.
Practice self-reflection and self-awareness to identify personal strengths and areas for improvement in relationship-building and leadership.
Practice persuasive speaking.
Practice effective communication techniques to build rapport and trust with mentees.
Define and identify mentoring strategies based on individual mentees' learning styles and preferences.
Identify strategies for managing conflicts and challenges that may arise during the mentoring relationship.
Practice cultural competence and sensitivity to support mentees from diverse backgrounds.