The Embassy of Sweden is announcing an international training program "Local political leaders - Capacitating women in politics". The training in Sweden will take place in October 2013.

ITP is specially designed for professionals who work actively with issues related to decentralization and good governance and who holds a position in their home organization with a mandate to run processes of change. As political leaders are key actors in the attainment of a sustainable local democratic development, this programme will target local political leaders, as well as women who hold leading elected position in local governments, i.e. Mayors and Vice Mayors. Gender equality is a cross-cutting theme of the ITPs as gender discrimination is one of the main causes of poverty, and a major obstacle to equitable and sustainable global human development.

The rationale of the ITP "Local political leaders - Capacitating women in politics" is therefore to focus on elected women leaders in the selected countries. Expected result of this programme is to promote a higher degree of involvement of women in politics at the local level.

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