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Carolyn Peterken Part O rt One ne Debunking the myths Contexts - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Carolyn Peterken Part O rt One ne Debunking the myths Contexts - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Carolyn Peterken Part O rt One ne Debunking the myths Contexts change But there have been leaders in diverse contexts over thousands of years So many models so much complexity But is there one right model and how central are
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Contexts change But there have been leaders in diverse contexts over thousands of years
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So many models – so much complexity But is there one “right” model – and how central are they to successful leadership?
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Development partners are
- ften highly capable...
... They may just need a little guidance, and exposure to a diversity of experiences
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So what can and should we be doing to support development partners in strengthening their ability to lead, without disempowering them?
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What we can do - a case study
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Objectives:
- To de
develo lop po p polic licie ies for the promotion of leadership for the women of francophone West Africa
- To facilit
ilitate w women’s ’s a access t to re resourc rces (expertise, funding, training)
- To facilit
ilitate t the c condit ditio ions u unde der w whic ich women c can t take u up p le leaders rship po ip posit itio ions
- To ide
identif ify blo blockages t to women’s ’s pa part rtic icipa patio ion and help them to reach their leadership potential
- To encourage w
ge women en l leader ers leading to better integration of women in decision- making
- To po
posit itiv ively ly in inspir pire y younger g generations in their life and career choices “Regional network for the study and promotion of women’s leadership”
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LEADAFRICAINE
Advocacy Information sharing Observatory – strategic monitoring Sharing best practices Development of competencies, knowledge and experience of disadvantaged women Development of models and benchmarks
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Organisational Excellence Framework Advocacy and Community Engagement Relationship management Gender analysis framework Entrepreneurship Policy development Training and facilitation skills Field visits Action planning
7 week pro progra ram thro rough Q QUT’s ’s I Internatio ional P l Pro roject’s ’s U Unit it ( (May 2 2012)
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Facilitation of a conference on “community participation in local development”
Workshop for parliamentarians on the integration of gender into programs and budgets in the Ivory Coast
Facilitation of a series of conferences on women’s leadership
Literacy training for 300 women and training
- f 200 young girls and boys in electronics, IT
and telecommunications
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Two workshops for ministerial gender focal points and planners on the integration of gender into programs and budgets in the Ivory Coast
Workshop in Dakar, Senegal on the role of observers of gender in the post-2015 era
Support from UN Women for the project “Advocacy for equitable gender policies in Ivory Coast”
Workshop on women’s leadership for directors of education and training facilities in the Ivory Coast to engage women in the discussions about the country’s development towards 2020
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Provision of equipment and training in sewing and
dressmaking for 25 physically handicapped women, and opening of savings accounts for participants
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Australian Government/DFAT Friedrich Ebert Foundation (Germany) Koné-Avicennes Foundation (FONDAKA) Australian High Commission in Accra ROEG (Réseau des Observatoires d’Egalité, du
Genre)
UN Women Ivory Coast Ministry of Solidarity, Family, Women and
Children
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What can we learn - why was the experience of LEADAFRICAINES so successful?
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Flexibility to adapt the
program to the issues that were of importance to the women
Work on real life case studies
and examples that the group brought to the program
Development of action plans
to help the women apply their learnings when they returned home
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Progressive development of materials and tools
that could be directly used back in West Africa
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But with a little gentle guidance when requested They know the context They are part of the culture They have the networks They have the capability
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Back to basics – capacity development, practical tools, culturally and contextually relevant
Don’t over-complicate things – it’s not all about models
Help to expand networks
Confidence in the abilities of our development partners
Celebrate the achievements!
Empowerment: Innovations in Leadership and how not to save our development partners
And most importantly - open the conversational doors – this is where the innovation emerges
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Enough fro from m me! Questi tion
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- r comments?