International Colloquium on Women’s Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security

March 7-9, 2009

Monrovia, Liberia

As part of the celebration for International Women’s Day on March 8, the female presidents of Liberia, Madame Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf and Finland, President Tarja Halonen, have co-convened an international colloquium to discuss women’s empowerment, leadership development, international peace and security. The conference is expected to draw more than 400 international participants and 400 Liberian national participants including female heads of state and government, ministers, CEOs, NGO, community, and religious leaders.  WCI is honored to be participating in the colloquium as invited guests and will also be featured in an interactive talk show discussing WCI’s experiences training female elected leaders and the obstacles they overcome.  Read more about the Colloquium here: http://womenscolloquium.org/col.html