Events

The Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN) - the only national organization whose sole focus is preparing college women for leadership in public policy - invites college women who are human rights activists, global health advocates and international change makers to join PLEN for the Women & International Policy seminar. Scholarship deadline: April 20, 2012. Registration deadline: May 4, 2012. 

This TeleSummit will be packed with some of the most thought provoking discussions led by the most passionate and talented women in tech, startups, and social media including startup investor Joanne Wilson, WordPress usability expert Jane Wells of Automattic, Shaherose Charania, of Founders Labs and Women 2.0, Shireen Mitchell of Digital Sistats, Elisa Camahort Page, of BlogHer, Kaliya Hamlin of She's Geeky and many more.

Make Every Woman Count is organizing a series of workshops between May - September 2012 designed to empower Diaspora African women to play a stronger role as decision-makers in community development and to participate in all areas of social, political and economic development. 

The 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights is being hosted by the Namibia Planned Parenthood Association (NAPPA), an affiliate member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) under the auspices of the African Federation for Sexual Health and Rights. The conference theme is "Sexual Health and Rights in Africa: Where are We?" This conference will interrogate the status of sexual health and rights in Africa and in particular focus on women, girls, adolescents and youth. 

Full title: Strengthening Policy and Practice: Meeting the Challenges of Working in Complex Environments

Strengthening Policy and Practice: meeting the challenges of working in complex environments is designed to draw on the experience and practice of participants, working in development, humanitarian aid or peacebuilding to influence internal policies and programmatic approaches. The course will identify how organisations can strive to balance their organisational mandate with the demands of working in complex and rapidly changing political contexts.