Nomination and Award!!!Documenting Stories and Contributions of African Female Leaders.
Nominations are now hospitable recognize and celebrate exceptional African female leaders.
Deadline: 30th June 2021.
#AfricanWomenLead
About the Initiative
This initiative is aimed toward recognizing and celebrating African women and girls in making a difference through demonstrated exceptional leadership at the grassroot or executive positions. The book aims to make an area for ladies to share their experiences, triumphs and to send a message of encouragement to subsequent generation of African women to say their rightful place in history and make the ‘Africa they want’. Each woman who is featured during this book will have a chance to write down her own story or upon request, an AU-UN team will assist within the story telling process for ladies who seek support.
This initiative makes recogition of the continual struggle for ladies across the African continent spanning several centuries, within the pursuit of parity and equal representation of girls in leadership position. In recent years, progress has been recorded as African governments, public and personal institutions implement gender-responsive actions and as African women and girls through resilience and commitment, advance their quest to be break the barriers and ceiling .
The objectives of the book is among others;
Honor the leadership and achievements of African Women and girls in various sectors and share their leadership experience.
Document the stories and achievements of girls leaders and encourage African girls and ladies to ascertain beyond the prevailing structural barriers and assure them that they will thrive in their chosen field.
Provide the evidence that Africa can prosper, be peaceful and integrated if it leverages on the potential of its women and girls. In so doing,
Mobilize stakeholders to make an enabling environment and support female leaders and their initiatives.
This initiative is led by the African Union Commission, Women, Gender and Youth Directorate, together with the United Nations through its agencies; the UN Women, UNFPA and UNHCR. it’s also aligned with the International Women’s Day 2021 celebrations held under the theme “women’s full and effective participation and decision-making publicly life, also because the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and therefore the empowerment of all women and girls”.
for further information, contact;
Jeanne Flora Kayitesi | Programme Officer | Women, Gender and Development Directorate | African Union Commission | E-mail kayitesijf@africa-union.org
Ms. Doreen Apollos | Communication | Directorate of data and Communication| African Union Commission | E-mail ApollosD@africa-union.org
More Details And Application Here
https://au.int/en/women-leadership-book
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Nomination and Award!!!Documenting Stories and Contributions of African Female Leaders.
Nominations are now hospitable recognize and celebrate exceptional African female leaders.
Deadline: 30th June 2021.
#AfricanWomenLead
About the Initiative
This initiative is aimed toward recognizing and celebrating African women and girls in making a difference through demonstrated exceptional leadership at the grassroot or executive positions. The book aims to make an area for ladies to share their experiences, triumphs and to send a message of encouragement to subsequent generation of African women to say their rightful place in history and make the ‘Africa they want’. Each woman who is featured during this book will have a chance to write down her own story or upon request, an AU-UN team will assist within the story telling process for ladies who seek support.
This initiative makes recogition of the continual struggle for ladies across the African continent spanning several centuries, within the pursuit of parity and equal representation of girls in leadership position. In recent years, progress has been recorded as African governments, public and personal institutions implement gender-responsive actions and as African women and girls through resilience and commitment, advance their quest to be break the barriers and ceiling .
The objectives of the book is among others;
Honor the leadership and achievements of African Women and girls in various sectors and share their leadership experience.
Document the stories and achievements of girls leaders and encourage African girls and ladies to ascertain beyond the prevailing structural barriers and assure them that they will thrive in their chosen field.
Provide the evidence that Africa can prosper, be peaceful and integrated if it leverages on the potential of its women and girls. In so doing,
Mobilize stakeholders to make an enabling environment and support female leaders and their initiatives.
This initiative is led by the African Union Commission, Women, Gender and Youth Directorate, together with the United Nations through its agencies; the UN Women, UNFPA and UNHCR. it’s also aligned with the International Women’s Day 2021 celebrations held under the theme “women’s full and effective participation and decision-making publicly life, also because the elimination of violence, for achieving gender equality and therefore the empowerment of all women and girls”.
for further information, contact;
Jeanne Flora Kayitesi | Programme Officer | Women, Gender and Development Directorate | African Union Commission | E-mail mature sing@africa-union.org
Ms. Doreen Apollos | Communication | Directorate of data and Communication| African Union Commission | E-m ail ApollosD@africa-union.org
More Details And Application HERE