[women-rights] GPI Gender Development Institute Training Workshop (Benin City, 23-28 June 2003)

INVITATION

Girls' Power Initiative (GPI) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit,
youth development organization that equips girls between the ages of
10-18 years with sexuality, human right, reproductive health/ right
information; leadership, economic and other life skills to cope with
growing up thus laying the basis for ensuring the enjoyment of healthy
sexuality, womanhood and social justice for future generations of
Nigerian women.

In her commitment to promoting issues of gender, adolescent and youth
development, GPI through its Gender Development Institute (GDI) is
organizing a national training workshop for representative of youth
serving NGOs, Government, Resource managers and media persons.

The training workshop, tagged: Gender, Adolescence and Youth Policies, will 
run for six days starting from 23rd to 28th June, 2003 at Bins Hotel, 200 
Ekenwan Road, Benin City, Edo State.

The objective of the workshop include amongst others  to enable the
participants be able to :

1.                  discuss the concepts surrounding issues of gender,
adolescence and youth development

2.                  Identify the links between gender,  culture and
religion

3.                  Carry out gender analysis and mainstreaming

4.                  Communicate effectively about adolescence and youth
health policies

5.                  Employ youth development approach in programming.

All other relevant details about the training are contained in the flyer 
attached to this letter.  Do help to publicise the training.

If interested, kindly fill the attached application form carefully and 
returned to us on or before 30th May, 2003.

Yours sincerely,

Grace Osakue

Co-ordinator, GPI Edo/Delta States

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GIRLS' POWER INITIATIVE (GPI),
SOUTH WEST ZONE,
2 HUDSON LANE,=20
OFF 95 AKPAKPAVA STREET,
B0X 7400, BENIN CITY
NIGERIA
TEL/FAX: 234-52-255162
E-MAIL: gpibn@alpha.linkserve.com
www.electroniccommunity.org/GirlsPower

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