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Women and Men in partnership in Sierra Leone - the politics of the future
WOMEN OF SIERRA LEONE – IT’S YOUR PARLIAMENT TOO!
Workshops to Get More Women Successfully Involved in the July 2007 Elections
March 26-27, 2007
Venue: British Council Freetown Sierra Leone
In regions of conflict, a vital feature of successful post-conflict reconstruction would be a rapid increase in the number of women in the local and national legislatures, viz Rwanda.This event could readily be replicated for women activists in any country where legislative elections are to be held within 6-18 months.
International speaker/workshop leader Lesley Abdela: Gender/Post-Conflict and women-in-politics specialist.
Seminars and workshops include:
-Women Candidates and their campaign managers
How can I best use the final 3 months leading up to the election to get myself elected?
- Political Party Managers and Party activists
A time-table of what political parties will do to ensure the next Sierra Leone Parliament has at least 30% women MPs
– Civil society
A time table of activities in support of women candidates, women voters and getting issues of importance to women, gender budgeting etc into the Party manifestos
- Getting the electoral process and election organisation right for women as activists, candidates and voters.
Role of Election Commissioners, role of media, role of International and national partners and NGOs/Civil Society
For more information, contact: Willmelia.okrafor@sl.britishcouncil.org or
50/50 Group fifty_fiftygrp2000@yahoo.com


Educating and Empowering Women in Sierra Leone
Search for Common Ground (sponsor)
Women are generally overlooked in Sierra Leone, with girls’ and women’s education being a low priority for families. As a result, little economic, social or political opportunity is available to them, giving them no avenue for participation in civil society. This education fund will supplement the tuition costs of girls and women seeking to finish their secondary schooling and pursue post-secondary education opportunities, preparing them for to contribute to their nation’s development. This project will support women’s efforts to improve their skills and further their education by supplementing their tuition costs. Recipients will pursue courses that prepare them to play a role in the economic, social, and political development of Sierra Leone. With education, women can better engage in dialogue and constructive development of the nation, thereby allowing them to play a significant role in bringing peace to their country. The project currently needs $11,000 to run; to contribute and/or learn more, please click here, or contact Frances Fortune, West Africa Regional Director, Talking Drum Studio, 44 Bathurst Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Tel: 232-22-223-479

Campaign for Good Governance
1996
Launched after the first muti-party democratic elections after three decades, the purpose of the Campaign for Good Governance is to promote democratic participation of civil society, capacity building, gender empowerment for gender equality, human rights and the rule of law. For more information click on Campaign for Good Governance.

International

Emergency Relief to Innocent Victims
Africare has provided emergency humanitarian aid to the innocent victims of civil war in Sierra Leone since 1991, when the violence began. Aid has focused on the Eastern and Southern provinces, at camps where war-displaced people have fled. "The camps each contain as many as 30,000 people, huddled in makeshift mud-brick, plastic and thatched huts," reports an Africare field worker. Africare gives medical aid to mothers, fathers, children and the elderly, who often arrive at the camps exhausted, malnourished and ill. Click Here for more information on Africare's campaign.