In a bid to raise female leaders in the communities, an Abuja-based Non-Governmental Organisation, Helpline Foundation for the Needy, is set to inaugurate the Africa Women Conference (AWC) Leadership Development Center for Women and Girls in Abuja.
It will be officially inaugurated on September 30, 2019 in Abuja.
President of the Foundation Dr Jumai Ahmadu, who is a co-convener of AWC, made the disclosure while addressing journalists on the upcoming event, Thursday in Abuja, said the inauguration of center would equip young women and girls with skills required to take up leadership roles.
“The AWC Leadership Development Center for Women and Girls will provide a platform for highly skilled international resource persons, who are driving changes across various fields, to provide training and membership for African women and girls living in under-resourced communities thereby enabling them to aspire to excellence and leadership while helping them realise their full potential,” Ahmadu said.
The center, she said, would achieve this by running a full circle of practical and theoretical impartation, which begins with a workshop, that enables mentors meet physically with their mentees via group and individual training.
According to her, “During the workshop, resource persons will work with the mentees to develop individual work plans that will be implemented over a six-month period in the mentees’ communities.
“After six months the mentees performances are evaluated through a peer review mechanism, the best performing leaders in various sectors are then selected and empowered to do more for their communities”.
Ahmadu, who further revealed that beneficiaries would be drawn from various communities in Africa, called for support from corporate organisations and individuals towards the realisation of the centre’s vision.
