UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM
INSTITUTE OF GENDER STUDIES (IGS)

Key Lessons

  • UN Women Training Manual proves to be unique, interactive, suit for adult learners, experience-based and well –received by the participants e.g. MPs in Dodoma; Attendance was full for 3 days! Which was said to be unusual for busy MPs!
  • UDSM is strategically positioned to scale up the use of the training manual and its subsequent tools for training of female leaders during the post-election period.
  • Many aspiring women leaders at the local level; demands for training were overwhelming
  • Women wings in political parties present an avenue for recruitment and capacity building for women leaders and aspirants.
  • The trainings prior to nomination serve as a turning point or for undecided aspirants while trainings after nomination  empowers aspirants to compete
  • Women candidates who are running for various posts are requesting for further trainings to be conducted after election- for the purpose of deepening their leadership skills and knowledge.  This is necessary as most of political parties will be holding their intra-party elections in 2021 and 2022 for various leadership positions. 

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