Leadership And Advocacy Training for Young Women with Disabilities (Far western Province)

Leadership And Advocacy Training for Young Women with Disabilities (Far western Province)

8^th -10^th September, 2022

Dhangadhi, Far-western Province

Access Planet Organization organized three days “Leadership and advocacy training for the young women with disabilities from Kailali, Kanchanpur, Accham and Doti districts of Far-western Province. This training aimed to empower the young women with disabilities with the leadership and advocacy skills along with the motive to sensitize about their rights that will inbuilt their confidence providing resilience to fight for the rights and justice of women with disabilities which will also strengthen the movement of young women with disabilities that was effected by COVID -19. The training was conducted in funding support of Kaagapay under Women’s Fund Asia (WFA).

In this 3 days Leadership and advocacy training for the young women with disabilities, following topics were covered:

• Team Building and Group Formation, Leadership, Diversity and Leadership Values
• Sex, Gender and Gender Roles
• Public Speaking and Handling Formal programs (Theory and Practical)
• Act on Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Relation to Rights of Women
• Local Mechanism on Violence Against Women
• Advocacy Skills (Theory and Practical)
• SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) , UNCRPD (United Nations Convention for the Rights of Person with Disabilities) and Women with Disabilities
• Issue Identification and Formation of Manifesto

Outcomes of the training:

• 14 participants representing Far-western Province were sensitized about the acts, local mechanism on violence against women, and SDG’s in relation to the women with disabilities.
• The participants were able to enhance their skills on leadership, advocacy, public speaking and handling formal programs.
• The participants were able to identify the issue related to women with disabilities that they saw in their localities and also prepared the draft of the action plan for the first activity to be conducted in their community.
• Access Planet Far-western Committee has been formed which will support in further strengthening the grassroots movement of women with disabilities.