The Five Dimensions of Gender Competence

You understand gender. But how confidently can you apply it in practice?

Many gender and development practitioners know the concepts. They have attended the trainings, studied the frameworks, and understand why gender matters.

The challenge often begins when that knowledge has to be applied to real work.

The Five Dimensions of Gender Competence is a practical guide and workbook designed to help you examine how you practise gender and identify where you want to grow.

Built around the Gender Competence Framework by Pamela Kiambi, the guide explores five interconnected dimensions of practice:

✓ Conceptual Competence

✓ Analytical Competence

✓ Interpersonal Competence

✓ Institutional Competence

✓ Reflexive Competence

Inside the guide, you will:

✓ Explore the five dimensions of gender competence

✓ Assess your practice across all five dimensions

✓ Plot your own gender competence profile

✓ Learn how to interpret your profile and identify priority growth areas

✓ Work through practical examples and reflection questions

✓ Build a focused 90-day development plan

This is not a gender 101 textbook.

It is designed for people who already understand why gender matters and want to become more intentional about how they apply that understanding in practice.

Who is it for?

Gender practitioners, programme and project professionals, monitoring and evaluation practitioners, researchers, consultants, advocates, trainers, students, policy professionals, and others working to strengthen gender-responsive practice.

Awareness lives in what you know. Competence lives in what you do.

Start exploring your gender competence today.