Theme:
“As Lesotho Celebrates 60 Years of Independence, How Can We Harness Women’s Participation in
Governance and Leadership to Accelerate Sustainable Development and Inclusive Decision-Making?”
Invite:
Resident Coordinator to attend and deliver remarks.
UN Women Regional Director (virtual if necessary).
Any other UN agencies to participate.
Additional Opportunities
Participate in National Race for Parliament Bootcamp – To be presented as they come (to give
notification in advance for availability confirmation)
UN Family invitations to other countries to share stories of change made by women leaders, invitations
to women political leaders internationally – to share their own stories, be mentors, and contribute to the
project with fellowship programmes.
PROJECT PARTNERS
BAM Group Foundation (BGF) intends to use a consortium approach as the Lead Organization responsible for
the overall coordination, capacity building, policy advocacy, overall M&E coordination, data management,
quality assurance and reporting on the project. It shall operate with the following sub partners towards the
achievement of the project, with the responsibilities to collect activity-level data, maintain attendance and
training records, contribute to narratives and lessons learned:
- Young Women of Africa – Young women led movement within the country; to advocate and advise on
necessary reforms in political landscape, and for social engagement. - Disability Empowerment Association of Lesotho – inclusion of women with disabilities in public and
leadership spaces.
3.YouthHubConnekt – youth led movement; to facilitate countrywide convenings and advocacy activities for
youth in decision making. - African Parliament Press Network Lesotho – Facilitation of media engagement and narrative change
campaigns, for women to be perceived as equally legitimate political actors in decision-making processes and
institutions.
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