From December 1-3 iKNOW Politics participated in UNDP’s International conference on Women and Governance in Eastern Europe and the CIS region.
The website was presented to a group of about 125 women from 20 countries, in addition to having a display booth with information and brochures about iKNOW Politics at the venue. The conference had good coverage in local media, including a full page article that stated:“Several attendees… [said] they had been picking up models from presenters to build better strategies between their own governments and NGOs” (Hurriyet Daily News, Dec 6-11 2008).The purpose of the conference was to “provide platform for exchange among women and men from the region to create opportunity to identify the issues related to women and governance and explore ways to address them while taking into account good practices and lessons learned from other countries”. Through thematic sessions, the participants formulated recommendations for international organizations, governments, parliaments and other political actors. These will be compiled in a final report on the region, which will be posted for discussion on the iKNOW Politics website. iKNOW Politics had several experts present at the meeting: Richard Matland, Inete Lelite and Sonja Lokar, as well as iKP Partner experts Winnie Byanima and Julie Ballington. To read more about the conference, click here.
From December 1-3 iKNOW Politics participated in UNDP’s International conference on Women and Governance in Eastern Europe and the CIS region.
The website was presented to a group of about 125 women from 20 countries, in addition to having a display booth with information and brochures about iKNOW Politics at the venue. The conference had good coverage in local media, including a full page article that stated:“Several attendees… [said] they had been picking up models from presenters to build better strategies between their own governments and NGOs” (Hurriyet Daily News, Dec 6-11 2008).The purpose of the conference was to “provide platform for exchange among women and men from the region to create opportunity to identify the issues related to women and governance and explore ways to address them while taking into account good practices and lessons learned from other countries”. Through thematic sessions, the participants formulated recommendations for international organizations, governments, parliaments and other political actors. These will be compiled in a final report on the region, which will be posted for discussion on the iKNOW Politics website. iKNOW Politics had several experts present at the meeting: Richard Matland, Inete Lelite and Sonja Lokar, as well as iKP Partner experts Winnie Byanima and Julie Ballington. To read more about the conference, click here.