Ideas to Support Women's Leadership Roles in the Democratic Process in Africa Top Level Grassroots

The British Embassy in partnership with National Geographic will host a one-day conference at the National Geographic Society. The conference will examine the role and progress that NGOs, media, government and academia have made in their efforts to promote gender equality and empowerment of women as issues central to development policy in Africa.
Participants: Baroness Amos (UK candidate for EU special representative to the African Union), Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro (deputy secretary general of the United Nations), Chris Johns (editor-in-chief of National Geographic magazine), Roshini Thinakaran (National Geographic emerging explorer and filmmaker of the critically acclaimed Women at the Forefront), Isha Sesay (news anchor, CNN), Dr. Gwendolynn Mikell (professor of anthropology and foreign service at Georgetown University), and Dr. Jeanne Toungara (associate professor of history at Howard University).
If you are interested in attending the conference, contact Eddie Burke eddie.burke@fco.gov.uk at The British Embassy with your name, organization and contact information.