Georgia Women Head to Kenya in Exchange Program
A delegation of eight Georgia women leaders will travel to Kenya September 19–October 2, 2008, in the second part of an exchange program coordinated by the Vinson Institute International Center.
The group will spend time making site visits to initiatives and businesses run by Kenyan women, some of whom visited Georgia in the first part of the exchange earlier this year. They will also meet with other women leaders working in government and nonprofits. The activities will take place in and around the city of Nairobi and the Kajiado and Narok districts of Kenya’s Rift Valley Province. The Georgia delegation will be accompanied by International Center program specialists Njeri Marekia-Cleaveland and Irina Ciurea.
The U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs awarded a grant to the International Center in September 2007 for an exchange of women leaders from Kenya and Georgia. The goal of the project is to empower Kenyan women with the skills to be more active and informed participants in local political processes and to provide opportunities for cross-cultural understanding and networking that could lead to future collaborations, according to Marekia-Cleaveland. RETO, a Kenyan women’s organization, is an important partner in the exchange, she adds.
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