International: Politics of Participation: Symposium: "Women and Transformative Leadership"
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WLP 3 April 2008, Washington DC, Thursday, 3 April 2008, 5-7pm. Kenney Auditorium, SAIS, JHU, 1740 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, United States.
Women's Learning Partnership and the Dialogue Project will bring together grassroots women leaders and activists from Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Palestine to discuss the expanding participation of women in the political process around the world.
Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP) in cooperation with the Dialogue Project of the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University presents:
The Politics of Participation: WOMEN AND TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP
Thursday, April 3 │ 5-7pm │ Kenney Auditorium, SAIS, JHU │ 1740 Massachusetts Ave, NW Washington, DC
The 21st century is the century for women and politics. Six extraordinary grassroots leaders from four regions of the world will share their experiences and discuss practical strategies and culture friendly initiatives that they have used to mobilize women, and especially young women, to participate in making decisions that affect their lives and the lives of their communities.
Speakers include: Masuma Hasan (Pakistan), Tolekan Ismailova (Kyrgyzstan), Aminetou Mint El Mokhtar (Mauritania), Malena de Montis (Nicaragua), Mahnaz Afkhami (Iran/USA), Zainah Anwar (Malaysia) and Azar Nafisi (Iran/USA).
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Download the flier here: http://wluml.org/english/news/flier_wlp_april3.pdf
Submitted on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 01:00
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