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Africa Regional Institute for Women’s Leadership and Training of Trainers

WLP in cooperation with its partner in Nigeria, BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights, will convene the Africa Regional Learning Institute for Women's Leadership and Training of Trainers from February 21-25, 2005 in Calabar, Nigeria. WLP Institutes are learning centers for empowering women to participate as leaders in the decision-making processes in all areas of social, political, and economic life. Institute participants will include 25 women's rights activists and leaders from nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Among the participants will be WLP partners Community Education and Development Services (Cameroon) and the Women’s Self-Promotion Movement (Zimbabwe). Using the English edition of WLP’s leadership training manual, Leading to Choices, participants will engage in skills-building sessions on facilitation, communication, and advocacy as well as build a stronger network of grassroots women’s rights NGOs in the region to advance women’s leadership, promote sustainable development, and combat violence against women.

WLP Launches French Website

WLP is pleased to announce the launch of its French language website. WLP websites provide culture-, language-, and community-relevant content on women’s leadership, political participation, human rights, peace, and development. The site will expand access to culture-specific leadership training materials and multimedia resources on women's rights to WLP partners and women's networks in the Maghreb region and francophone Africa. WLP websites are also available in Arabic and English.