Coalition Building & Women’s Empowerment
The meeting will be with Ms. Ms. Zaida Aguedas
Ms. Zaida Arguedas has served as Deputy Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of the United States and as Director of its Global Democracy Programs since March 2000. Under Ms. Arguedas’ leadership, the League’s global programs have expanded around the world in five areas of competency: advocacy, grassroots democracy, good governance, elections, and women’s leadership.
In October 2001, Ms. Arguedas ran, and after defeating three opponents, was appointed to the Board of Elections of Montgomery County (Maryland) for a 4 year term by Maryland’s Governor Parris Glendening. Ms. Arguedas has been part of three teams of international observers to the elections in Paraguay, Brazil and Costa Rica. In the United States, Ms. Arguedas has been active as poll worker during three presidential elections.
During the past ten years Ms. Arguedas has managed many international programs: for Muslim women from the Coast and Northeastern Provinces of Kenya; for civic leaders from Russia, Ukraine; Azerbaijan and Tajikistan, and for women in political leadership in Brazil. Ms. Arguedas has also conducted several workshops: “Women Making a Difference,” in Lusaka, Zambia; “Women in Governance;” in Kiyv, Ukraine, “Fundraising from Non-Traditional Sources” in Yerevan, Armenia, “Mujer y Poder,” in Bogota, Colombia, “Coaching NGOs on Coalition Building for Effective Advocacy,” in the Syunik Area of Armenia, and “Democracy and Good Governance” in Madagascar.
In May 2011, Ms. Arguedas traveled to meet with the newly created Tunisian League of Women Voters to outline a voter education program to be carried out over the next 18 months; and was a panelist at the international VII International Conference held in La Habana, Cuba, titled Women in the XXI Century.
