Delegation from Africa to Study Women as Leaders

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Aug 27, 2009 Comments Off Web Admin
September 16th, 2009toSeptember 21st, 2009

The Northern Nevada International Center will be hosting a delegation of 11 women political leaders and 3 interpreters from Africa on September 16, 2009 to September 21, 2009. The delegation was invited to Reno as part of the International Visitors Leadership Program of the US Department of State.

The delegation is visiting Reno to observe women and law and women and girls education in the U.S. They will explore how women are represented in the legal field and how their range of leadership affects access women have to, as well as the impact they have on, the legal system. They will also observe women’s access to and participation in local government and the impact of increasing representation of women in higher education at all levels.

For more information, please contact Corazon Padilla, Program Coordinator, via email CLICK ME