Regional Gender and Politics Training Workshop: Level 1 skills and Capacity-Building for Women Political Leaders

Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD)

Bangkok, Thailand

Training Workshop

Capacity building workshops for women political leaders is part of a training initiative of the WPPP Programme and is held: to further develop decision making capacity of participating women political leaders;

to share experiences and develop skills of participants on how to raise gender issues within existing political institutions;

to develop capacity of participants on how to mainstream gender issues within political systems from a women’s human rights approach;

to enhance the capacity of participants to promote and fulfill women’s human rights, including the right to take part in governance at all levels including local, national, regional and international level.

This Training Workshop, using the newly completed Level 1 training manual, is aimed at building the skills and capacity of women who want to engage in political processes and advance women’s agendas in their respective countries and across the Region.

The Workshop sessions will focus on the following themes: politics and political systems; gender and patriarchy; politics for change; leadership for social transformation, legislation; and advocacy and lobbying for gender and issues.

English

27-29 July 2007

Refer to the website

http://www.apwld.org

nalini@apwld.org