Capacity building workshop: Local approaches to guaranteeing women's rights

UNESCO Chair Gerd Oberleitner contributed to the capacity-building workshop “Local approaches to guaranteeing women’s rights” on 9^th and 10^th March 2021. The online workshop (in French) is part of the efforts of the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights at the Local and Regional Levels to support human rights, democracy and diversity on the local level through training and capacity building for local and regional authorities in Africa. It is organized in close cooperation with the African Local Government Academy (ALGA) of UCLG Africa, the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab States – Cairo, and the Network of Local Elected Women of Africa (REFELA).  It also marks the celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8 and the 10th anniversary of REFELA.

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