Jamaica Rwanda South-South Dialogue - "Promoting Women’s Political Empowerment for Sustainable Development”
Event Date:
November 9, 2015 (Time To Be Announced) - November 10, 2015 (Time To Be Announced)
The University of the West Indies, Mona in partnership with UN Women will be hosting the Jamaica Rwanda South-South Dialogue on November 9 and 10, 2015. The dialogue will facilitate mutual learning and shared cooperation on the theme “Promoting Women’s Political Empowerment for Sustainable Development”.
Rwanda has made remarkable strides in the area of women’s political empowerment and participation at the political leadership level with 61% of its parliamentary representatives being women. With this wealth of experience the Hon. Kantengwa Juliana, a member of the Rwandan Parliament since 1999, will be keynote speaker during this exchange.
Among the major events scheduled are: a National Dialogue scheduled for the Undercroft UWI Mona, to which the public is invited. Other events with select groups include; a breakfast meeting with women Parliamentarians; meeting with civil society groups, and a Youth Debate scheduled for the UWI Faculty of Law. The debate will have participation by students from UWI Mona and Western Jamaica Campus, The University of Technology and Northern Caribbean University.
For more information on the exchange contact the secretariat at 927-2540.
Venue:
UWI Mona Campus
Target Audience:
Staff
Target Audience:
Students
Target Audience:
General Public
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Contact Information
The Secretariat
Tel:
927-2540
