UNFPA in cooperation with the Women’s Union is organizing a training for women leaders  Ashgabat, 13 March 2009 – Women leaders from 5 velayats’ Resource Centers have gathered today in the conference room of “Rahat” Hotel to learn resource mobilization techniques. Among participants are national professionals from health sector, representatives of Khakimliks and educational institutions. This activity is organized within the joint project of UNFPA and the Women’s Union called “promoting women’s reproductive rights”.
During the five-day training, participants will learn project log frame development, including stating a problem, formulating objectives and tasks, identifying target groups and beneficiaries, defining methodology, estimating outputs and outcomes, and developing action and M&E plans. As a result, the participants will have developed proposals and applications ready for submission to grants giving organizations. Among the intervention areas identified by participants are income generation opportunities for women with disabilities to give them professional skills to become economically independent and, thus, be less prone to domestic violence. Another area of intervention suggested by participants was out-of-school activities for girls to build awareness on positive behavior and healthy life style practices. Building capacities of girls was another area of involvement suggested by the participants. Equipping girls with necessary skills will enable them to make decision for future professional development. Role of Women’s Resource Centers in social security of elders, information raising about reproductive rights of women, information sharing among pregnant women were also the subject of discussion. During the training, Aigul Alymkulova and Gulgun Murzalieva, UNFPA international consultants, will introduce best practices in writing winning proposals. Serdar Jepbarov from the World Bank will make a presentation on Civil Society Fund Programme (Small Grants Programme) of the WB and introduce application requirements for public organizations and process of selection of proposals. Building capacities of women leaders in resource mobilization techniques and introducing donor environment and donor requirements will enable participants to improve image and make an impact on institutional and financial sustainability of the Women’s Resource Centers. *** UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. UNFPA supports countries in using population data for policies and programmes to reduce poverty and to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV/AIDS, and every girl and woman is treated with dignity and respect. UNFPA -- because everyone counts For more information, please contact: Jennet Appova and Jennet Shihmuradova Tel: 425250 Web: turkmenistan.unfpa.org and www.untuk.org |
