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Environmental and Social Performance Standard 9 (ESPS 9): Gender Equality

Environmental and Social Performance Standard 9 (ESPS 9): Gender Equality
The Inter-American Development Bank, through the BIDAcademy, issues the following badge and certifies that the recipient has successfully completed the online course “Environmental and Social Performance Standard 9 - Gender Equality (ESPS 9)”. During the course, the participant learnt the basis to apply the principles of the IDB performance standard and avoid or minimize the gender-based impacts on the people affected by development projects.

Issued on 28 Feb 2026 by

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

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Achievement Type Certificate Of Completion
Field of Study Nature, Climate and Disaster Risk
Specialization Environmental and Social Solutions

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Criteria

Learning objectives/Outcomes

This badge is evidence that its recipient it is capable of:

  1. Identifying the Environmental and Social Performance Standard (ESPS) 9 on Gender Equality
  2. Recognizing risks and gender impacts
  3. Identifying risk management measures according to ESPS 9
  4. Recognize barriers to equitable gender participation in consultation processes
  5. Identify situations of gender violence in projects and appropriate responses according to ESPS 9

Learning experience and activities

Self-paced course that includes:

  • Ten challenges for gender related issues
  • One final challenge, that requires the keys collected in the previous ten

Content

This course has ten challenges that cover the following topics:

  • Inclusion of women in consultation processes
  • Compensation criteria for economic displacement in informal businesses
  • IDB policies on LGTBI+ groups
  • Workplace Harassment
  • Rights of female workers
  • Cyber ​​bullying

Assessment 

This credential is awarded after:

  • Watching the proposed videos
  • Responding to ten questions, with:
    • Two attempts for each, and guiding feedback after the first attempt
    • Equal value for all the questions
  • Discovering the final key

Estimated learning effort

Completing this course takes approximately 1 hour.

Badge type

Completion badge

*This credential is equivalent to the previous version.

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