The widespread provision of gender training is a logical and cohesive step towards an equitable society; a society that ensures the empowerment of women and restructures relationships towards gender justice.

Since its inception in 1997, GTI has been working to dispel various misconceptions which exist about gender, so that notions associated with gender do not become a disabling factor for both men and women.

Vision: To strive for peaceful and equitable society in which gender justice is realized.

Mission: To build the capacities of women and men and restructure relationships towards achieving gender equality, through training, consultation, research and information.

The Institute endeavours to facilitate this mission through capacity building and training-related activities. 

Grounded in the realities of the existing social fabric, GTI's trainings explore the gendered interactions taking place in broader areas of life such as culture, economy, and politics; and more specific areas such as in the workplace, in management, policing, developmental activities, industry and media.

GTI believes that training is not an end in itself, but part of a larger process of learning and change. GTI hopes to equip members of society to achieve empowerment through a change in relationships between men and women from the household decision-making level right through to policy.

GTI believes that all people are decision-makers and therefore change-makers in their own context. Consequently all are potential participants in GTI's programmes. The participants of GTI gender training programmes are from various different sectors including; government, education; law enforcement; international development; the corporate sector; and not for profit.

Everyone can benefit from gender sensitisation training. It helps us to question some of the most embedded and fundamental assumptions we have about the world around us. Even the most socially aware can still be surprised by the impact of their gendered perceptions.