Botswana OU reviews gender policy

In partnership with the Botswana Open University (BOU), COL held a workshop in Gaborone to build the capacity of academic administrators and staff to analyse the gender responsiveness of BOU policies and curricula. The workshop attracted 18 administrators and 24 staff.

In her opening remarks, Professor Bantu Morolong, head of the university’s Gender Mainstreaming Committee, hailed COL’s support for gender mainstreaming at BOU, which included sensitising staff on gender issues, conducting a situational analysis and developing a roadmap to guide gender mainstreaming.

COL’s open-access Guide to Gender Responsive Learning Materials Development and Learning Resources Gender Evaluation Rubric were used to evaluate three existing curricula for gender responsiveness.