3rd Youth Capacity Building Workshop on Girl’s Education in Africa
Deadline: 07th October, 2019.
The
African Union/International Centre for Girls’ and Women’s Education in
Africa (AU/CIEFFA) is seeking applications for its Youth Capacity
Building Workshop on Girl’s Education in Africa.
This
year, the 3rd batch of the Workshop will take place in Accra, Ghana
from 26 to 29 November 2019 under the theme: “Young Women’s Leadership
to Advance Girls’ and Women’s Education in Africa”.
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The
African Union – International Centre for the Education of Girls and
Women in Africa (AU/CIEFFA) is a specialized institution of the African
Union since 2004, dealing with women and girls’ education following
Decision Assembly/AU/DEC.44 (III). The centre is located in Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso.
AU/CIEFFA
has been established under the Department of Human Resources Science
and Technology at the African Union Commission to coordinate the
promotion of girls and women’s education in Africa, with a view of
achieving their economic, social and cultural empowerment.
Objectives
This 3rd Capacity Building workshop for African Youth will put special emphasis on specific objectives including the following:
To
inform and sensitize the youth on the state-of play of issue pertaining
to girls’ and women’s education in the continent despite various
efforts made by African countries.
To
understand the obstacles and barrier hindering girls to access and stay
at school until she complete her higher education in order to address
girls and women’s Education.
To deepen
their knowledge on gender stereotyping in studying and job sector
usually affected more by boys and men such as the STEM, ICT, TVET
Male-dominated jobs.
To equip them with
some advocacy tools such as the leadership, entrepreneurship,
negotiation, public speaking as efficient weapons to facilitate their
work within the community as girls ‘education’s Champions.
To
build a strong network of African young women and men sharing the same
vision to change mindset on gender equality and equity in the
educational system by 2063.
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Eligibility Criteria
The workshop aims to bring together young women and men who will be representatives of the 5 regions of Africa. The participants will be selected through a call for applications open to all based on the selection criteria as follows:
Young African (women and men) aged 21 to 35 year old;
Young girls and men with educational/professional background or interest sector/field or in any other relevant field.
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How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
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