The objective of the toolkit is to ensure that both male and female have equitable access to resources and equal participation in influencing their own development, resulting in a fair division of benefits of a project in the community.

With these goals in mind, on November 19^th and 20^th, 2010, BNRCC brought staff and partners together to participate in a Gender Mainstreaming Training Workshop at Topview Hotel in Abuja, with an overall objective of the workshop to build the participants’ capacity in gender and development issues in Climate Change Adaptation.

Specific training sessions included: understanding the difference in climate change hazard and effects on men and women; incorporating gender concerns into every aspect of the project management cycle and activities; to use gender responsive tools and techniques for effective integration of gender concerns in all project activities; developing and utilizing gender indicators for monitoring and evaluation of a project.