On November 16, from 10 a.m. onwards, the online workshop “The gender approach, key to move towards a Responsible Tourism in Sub-Saharan Africa” will take place, dedicated to companies in the Catalan tourism sector.
The objective of the Workshop is to provide the Catalan tourism sector with the essential gender-sensitive elements to improve both the design and operations of travel in the Sub-Saharan Africa region, within the framework of Responsible Tourism.
And to promote commercial relationships between different operators based on Responsible Tourism criteria.
During the Workshop we will have the participation of Dr. Daniela Moreno Alarcón.
Daniela Moreno Alarcón, Consultant and researcher in gender equality, tourism and sustainability; and Barbara Schott, Responsible Tourism Consultant and Director of Tierranjani Africa Ltd.
Kenya, who will explain how gender can be an opportunity to promote responsible tourism with positive impacts on equality and tourism activity. positive impacts on equality and at the same time on the tourism activity.
Agenda
During the Workshop via zoom, Dr. Daniela Moreno will review the principles that relate the gender approach to the tourism sector, contextualizing with examples from the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
It will also present the implications of gender norms on women’s participation in the tourism value chain.
Then your guest, Ms. Barbara Schott, tourism consultant responsible for the firm Tierranjani Africa, will present from Kenya the opportunities and challenges of the tourism sector for women in the sector in Sub-Saharan Africa; and the implications in the choice of activities and local actors (suppliers) involved in these activities.
Finally, Dr. Daniela Moreno will present
Daniela Moreno will present the tools available from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) for the application of gender in the private sector.
There will be an opportunity to ask questions and resolve doubts with the experts during the webinar, at the end of each topic covered.
At the same time, comments provided by the participants will be collected based on the principle of mutual and continuous learning.
Directed by: Dra.
Daniela Moreno Alarcón
Consultant and researcher in gender equality, tourism and sustainability.
Guest: Barbara Schott
Responsible Tourism Consultant and Director of Tierranjani Africa Ltd.
Kenya
Info and registration:
Date: dijous 16 november
Time: 10-11.30 h
Webinar via Zoom
Registration: Eventbrite
Additional Information
Dr. Daniela Moreno Alarcón
Senior consultant and researcher with 15 years of experience in the fields of gender mainstreaming, gender transformative training and sustainable development. She is one of the leading experts on tourism with a gender perspective.
She has extensive experience as a trainer in gender issues and as a
expert in gender mainstreaming in many organizations, including: UNWTO, UN Women, ITC-ILO, ECLAC, FIIAPP, IDB, World Bank Group, Global Women Institute of the George Washington University (GWI) and OAS. She has recently been the lead expert in the field of gender indicators, monitoring and evaluation for the UNWTO project “Centre Stage:
women’s empowerment during COVID- 19 recovery”, in which one of its tasks was to design four action plans with a gender perspective for Jordan, Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica, as well as to provide comments to the UNWTO guidelines on gender mainstreaming. She currently works as an expert on tourism and gender for ECLAC and UNWTO and is the director of the GENDERPRO training course at George Washington University.
Ms. Barbara Schott
Senior tourism consultant with more than 20 years of experience in the context of the tourism industry.
international development. In the last 10 years he has specialized in the areas of sustainability and responsible tourism development. Barbara is an auditor for Travelife and Green Destinations, an accredited consultant for The Pledge for Food Waste and has also contributed to the development of Travelife’s wellness criteria for Southeast Asian elephant camps.
While in Myanmar, he collaborated with various associations, civil society and government agencies in Myanmar on responsible tourism and CBT development, including the “Do’s and Don’ts for Tourists” brochure, destination planning, organizational development of local tourism organizations and the creation of a CBT Network group. She is also co-founder of the social enterprise Thant Myanmar, which works with the tourism sector on plastic reduction and sustainability issues in Myanmar.
In 2019, he co-founded Tierranjani Africa Ltd. in Kenya, a consultancy specializing in responsible tourism development and sustainability, which is active in Ethiopia, Tunisia, Gambia and Sierra Leone, etc.. Its projects include, among others, business planning, destination development, community-based tourism, capacity building (training, coaching and mentoring), sustainability certification, facilitation and strategy development, etc.
Their work often includes cross-cutting issues such as climate change and adaptation, gender equality, women and youth. As a good networker, she knows how to identify decision-makers and change-makers.
She is a supporter of new trends and innovation that allow for improved
livelihoods of stakeholders in the tourism sector.
