Women in Politics: An Information and Training session for Women Candidates

The essential outcome of these training activities is focussed is on knowledge and skills building for women political candidates and their teams to successfully run campaigns that take onboard as a central theme gender (perspectives) and women’s rights. The objectives for each workshop include the following: • To provide leadership training for female candidates and their teams; and women leaders. • To improve the understanding of governance and identify approaches/opportunities to promote gender equality and women’s transformational leadership at the national/local government levels. • To formulate strategies to overcome barriers which may limit womens’ involvement and active participation in political and decision-making capacities.