Liberia: Women leaders launch network with call for female to step-up
Source: Front Page Africa
The Liberia Women Leaders Network (LWLN), the local chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (ALWN), was officially launched on Wednesday, December 18 in Monrovia.
The launch, which took place at the Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, brought together women leaders from different spheres of society including government, political parties, traditional and the business community.
The core values of the network includes: Human Rights and dignity of women, Gender Equality, Inclusivity, Non-partisanship, Impartiality, Integrity, Solidarity, Partnership and Local ownership.
The ALWN was established on June 2, 2017 as a joint initiative of the office of the African Union’s Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) with the support of the Federal Republic of Germany, through their representatives in New York and in Addis Ababa.
Also, ALWN sees the establishment of local chapters in all African countries vital in cascading the vision of African women’s leadership from a global to a national level to ensure the sustainability of the movement.
The initiative in Liberia is borne out of the “incessant low representation of women in decision making” and the need to cultivate and build synergies of strong current and former women leaders as well as young women.
Launching the network, Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor called on the women of Liberia to take “solidarity and unity amongst us as women.”
Click here to read the full article published by Front Page Africa on 19 December 2019.
The Liberia Women Leaders Network (LWLN), the local chapter of the African Women Leaders Network (ALWN), was officially launched on Wednesday, December 18 in Monrovia.
The launch, which took place at the Ministerial Complex in Congo Town, brought together women leaders from different spheres of society including government, political parties, traditional and the business community.
The core values of the network includes: Human Rights and dignity of women, Gender Equality, Inclusivity, Non-partisanship, Impartiality, Integrity, Solidarity, Partnership and Local ownership.
The ALWN was established on June 2, 2017 as a joint initiative of the office of the African Union’s Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) with the support of the Federal Republic of Germany, through their representatives in New York and in Addis Ababa.
Also, ALWN sees the establishment of local chapters in all African countries vital in cascading the vision of African women’s leadership from a global to a national level to ensure the sustainability of the movement.
The initiative in Liberia is borne out of the “incessant low representation of women in decision making” and the need to cultivate and build synergies of strong current and former women leaders as well as young women.
Launching the network, Vice President Jewel Howard Taylor called on the women of Liberia to take “solidarity and unity amongst us as women.”
Click here to read the full article published by Front Page Africa on 19 December 2019.