Ciwil Invites Young Women to Apply to the Transformational Leadership for Gender Justice Training Institute

CIWIL is inviting young women (21-30), nationals and residents of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago to submit applications for the first Young Women’s Training Institute.

The programme will be held 28^th May – 17^th June, 2012, with the 2-week online component held from 28^th May – 8^th June, 2012 and the residential component of the programme in Barbados from 10^th – 17^th June 2012.

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Request for Consultants - Advancing Transformational Leadership

The Centre for Gender and Development Studies in collaboration with UN Women, The United Nations Democracy Fund and the Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWiL) are seeking the services of a consultant to conduct an evaluation of The Advancing Transformational Leadership for Gender Justice in the Caribbean project.

 

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Applicants are invited to submit their CV and an expression of interest to Gabrielle Henderson at gabrielle.henderson@unwomen.org by Friday 24^th February 2012.

CIWIL Salutes the Female Contenders of St. Lucia’s General Elections

St. John’s, 6^th December 2011 – The Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership (CIWIL) extends its warm congratulations to all ten (10) women who contested seats in the 2011 General Elections in St Lucia on 28^th November, and to the St. Lucia Labour Party for successfully securing the balance of power.

The participation of women leaders in the 2011 General Elections was notably high in St. Lucia, as an unprecedented number stepped forward as contenders. At a time where other countries in the region recently witnessed a decline in the number of women elected, three out of the ten female contenders were successful in gaining their seats, and advancing their roles as leaders in the political sphere. Emma Hippolyte (St. Lucia Labour Party), Alvina Reynolds (St. Lucia Labour Party) and Gail Rigobert (United Workers Party) were elected to represent the people of St. Lucia in this election.

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Program for National Dialogue

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CIWIL Supports Female Contenders in St. Lucia General Elections

The seven female contenders electing to run in St. Lucia’s General Elections gained support from female politicians from across the region, through an effort of CIWIL – the Caribbean Institute for Women in Leadership, to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment in political leadership in St. Lucia.

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