| Location | Duration | Kenyan Cost | Non-Kenyan Cost | Upcoming Schedules |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi, Kenya | 10 Days | KES 230,000 | USD 2,900 | Enroll |
| Kigali, Rwanda | 10 Days | USD 3,800 | USD 3,800 | Enroll |
| Kampala, Uganda | 10 Days | USD 3,800 | USD 3,800 | Enroll |
| Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | 10 Days | USD 4,000 | USD 4,000 | Enroll |
| Dubai, UAE | 10 Days | USD 7,500 | USD 7,500 | Enroll |
| Abuja, Nigeria | 10 Days | USD 7,800 | USD 7,800 | Enroll |
| Accra, Ghana | 10 Days | USD 7,500 | USD 7,500 | Enroll |
| Pretoria, South Africa | 10 Days | USD 7,500 | USD 7,500 | Enroll |
| Start & End Date | Duration | Kenyan Cost | Non-Kenyan Cost | Enroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 19–Nov 05, 2026 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Nov 02–Nov 19, 2026 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Nov 16–Dec 03, 2026 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Nov 30–Dec 17, 2026 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Dec 14–Dec 31, 2026 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Dec 28, 2026–Jan 14, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Jan 11–Jan 28, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Jan 25–Feb 11, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Feb 08–Feb 25, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Feb 22–Mar 11, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Mar 08–Mar 25, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Mar 22–Apr 08, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Apr 05–Apr 22, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Apr 19–May 06, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| May 03–May 20, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| May 17–Jun 03, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| May 31–Jun 17, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Jun 14–Jul 01, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Jun 28–Jul 15, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
| Jul 12–Jul 29, 2027 | 14 Days | KES 180,000 | USD 2,000 | Register | |
About the Course
Humanitarian and development programmes can expose people to protection risks or unintentionally exclude groups when age, gender, disability, displacement, social status and other factors are not systematically considered. Protection, Gender and Inclusion (PGI) provides a practical framework for analysing differential risks, strengthening safe and meaningful access, improving accountability and ensuring that programme design does not create or reinforce harm.
This 10-day flagship programme develops capability to integrate protection, gender and inclusion across assessment, design, implementation, service delivery, monitoring and coordination. It covers protection risk analysis, intersectionality, disability inclusion, age considerations, safeguarding, accountability to affected populations, referral systems, protection mainstreaming, humanitarian standards, inclusive service design and PGI monitoring.
Participants use realistic programme and emergency scenarios to develop a PGI risk analysis, accessibility and inclusion assessment, referral map, participation plan, safeguarding controls, service-design checklist, PGI indicator framework and institutional roadmap. The programme is particularly suitable for organizations seeking a practical, cross-sector capability rather than separate awareness sessions on protection, gender and disability.
Target Participants
Humanitarian and development professionals; protection and gender specialists; programme managers; social workers; government and NGO personnel; community engagement teams; disability-inclusion practitioners; M&E professionals; safeguarding staff and managers responsible for inclusive service delivery.
Course Duration
- Classroom – 10 Days
- Online – 14 Days
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Analyse protection risks, vulnerabilities and exclusion patterns.
- Apply rights-based and do-no-harm principles to programme decisions.
- Integrate gender and intersectionality into protection analysis.
- Assess disability and accessibility barriers in services and participation.
- Design safe and inclusive participation approaches.
- Strengthen safeguarding and referral mechanisms.
- Apply accountability to affected populations principles.
- Mainstream protection and inclusion across the programme cycle.
- Develop PGI indicators and monitoring mechanisms.
- Produce an integrated institutional PGI action plan.
Course Content
Module 1: Foundations of Protection, Gender and Inclusion
- Protection concepts
- Rights-based programming
- Applying do-no-harm principles in protection and inclusion programming
- Protection mainstreaming
- Protection diagnostic
Module 2: Protection Risk Analysis for Humanitarian and Development Programmes
- Protection threats affecting individuals, households and communities
- Vulnerabilities that increase exposure to protection threats
- Individual and community capacities for preventing and responding to protection risks
- Patterns of exposure to protection threats and harmful conditions
- Protection risk equation exercise
Module 3: Gender Analysis of Protection Risks
- Gendered protection risks
- Power relations
- Access and control
- Agency and the ability to make and act on meaningful choices
- Gendered risk profile
Module 4: Intersectional Protection Risks and Exclusion
- Multiple identities
- Compounded risk
- Age and disability
- Displacement and minority status
- Intersectionality mapping
Module 5: Disability Inclusion and Accessibility
- Disability models
- Accessibility of information, facilities, services and participation processes
- Reasonable accommodation
- Participation barriers
- Accessibility assessment
Module 6: Child Protection and Safe Participation
- Age-specific risks
- Safe participation
- Referral boundaries
- Family and community context
- Child-sensitive programme review
Module 7: Inclusion of Older Persons in Programmes
- Age-related barriers
- Mobility and access
- Care and dependency
- Representation of caregivers and care workers in care-policy decisions
- Older-person inclusion assessment
Module 8: Meaningful Participation and Representation
- Meaningful participation
- Representation of caregivers and care workers in care-policy decisions
- Safe consultation
- Feedback loops
- Participation plan
Module 9: Safeguarding and PSEA in PGI Programming
- Protection from sexual exploitation and abuse within programme delivery
- Harassment and abuse risks
- Codes of conduct
- Reporting mechanisms
- Safeguarding risk review
Module 10: Safe Referral Systems for Protection Concerns
- Service mapping
- Referral principles
- Consent and confidentiality
- Escalation pathways
- Referral map
Module 11: Accountability to Affected Populations
- Information provision
- Feedback mechanisms
- Complaints systems
- Closing the feedback loop
- AAP mechanism design
Module 12: Designing Inclusive and Accessible Services
- Universal design concepts
- Accessible communication
- Targeting and eligibility
- Service adaptations
- Inclusive service review
Module 13: PGI Mainstreaming Across the Programme Cycle
- Assessment integration
- Design integration
- Implementation controls
- Partnership requirements
- PGI mainstreaming checklist
Module 14: Monitoring Protection, Gender and Inclusion Results
- Protection indicators
- Inclusion indicators
- Disaggregation of PGI monitoring data by sex, age, disability and other relevant characteristics
- Community feedback evidence
- PGI monitoring framework
Module 15: Institutional PGI Improvement Roadmap
- Institutional priorities
- Roles and accountability
- Capacity development
- Resources and milestones
- PGI action plan
Module 16: Protection Mainstreaming in Sector Programmes
- Safety and dignity principles
- Meaningful access to services
- Accountability in programme delivery
- Do-no-harm and conflict sensitivity
- Protection-mainstreaming review of a sector programme
Module 17: Humanitarian Protection and Inclusion Standards
- Core Humanitarian Standard principles
- Sphere protection and inclusion considerations
- IASC-related protection and accountability expectations
- Organizational PGI standards and minimum actions
- Standards compliance self-assessment
Module 18: Programme Inclusion and Accessibility Audit
- Physical and communication accessibility
- Participation of persons with disabilities
- Age and diversity considerations
- Service barriers and reasonable accommodation
- Development of a programme inclusion audit
Practical Outputs
- Protection risk analysis
- Intersectionality map
- Accessibility assessment
- Safe participation plan
- Safeguarding risk register
- Referral pathway map
- AAP mechanism
- PGI monitoring framework
- Institutional PGI action plan
Training Approach
The programme uses protection-risk analysis, accessibility audits, participation simulations, safeguarding scenarios and service-design workshops. Participants work with an integrated humanitarian or development case throughout the ten days, allowing them to see how protection, gender and inclusion interact operationally.
A capstone design lab requires teams to redesign a programme for safer, more inclusive delivery and present the resulting PGI framework to a simulated programme steering committee.
Organizational Benefits
- Strengthens inclusive and rights-based programme design.
- Improves identification and mitigation of protection risks.
- Strengthens disability inclusion and accessibility.
- Improves safe community participation and accountability.
- Strengthens safeguarding and referral systems.
- Improves PGI monitoring and management reporting.
- Provides an integrated framework applicable across sectors.
Certification
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive a Certificate of Course Completion from Devimpact Institute, recognizing the knowledge, practical skills and competencies developed through the programme.
Customization Options
This course can be customized and delivered as an in-house programme to address the specific policies, systems, sector context and capacity-development priorities of an organization. The course duration, modules, case studies and practical exercises may be adjusted following a training needs assessment.
