Gender studies as an essential basis for sustainable development. Some considerations based on the design and implementation of the gender training course

Abstract

This article presents the results obtained from the design and implementation of the Postgraduate Gender Training Course at the University of Matanzas, Cuba. It is the result of an educational research process that responds to the need to include the topic on gender as a strategy aimed at the transformation of higher education professionals and to demonstrate the importance of gender training for the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is an exploratory, descriptive research in which the theoretical and empirical method was used, which helped to get the necessary information for the fulfillment of the objectives. The theoretical analysis is based on conceptual aspects of gender and equity, the progress and challenges of gender training are specified and the experiences and projections are presented. Based on this analysis, the development of training strategies on topics of gender is promoted, aimed at enriching the academic training of professors and specialists, with greater responsibility and commitment to generate changes in favor of sustainable development. The topic being studied is of relevance, and its importance lies in the need to establish academic exchange with a view to continue strengthening postgraduate university training, based on gender studies.