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On the final day of the training, participants gathered to take a group photo.
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IFES conducted a women™s leadership training in December 2012 in partnership with the Yangon School of Political Science entitled Strengthening Women™s Participation in Public Life. The three-day session built the capacity of grassroots women leader
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The training incorporated the development of leadership skills, including communication, active listening and negotiation tactics.
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International Women of Courage Award recipient Zin Mar Aung took part in the policy discussion with her colleagues. Zin Mar Aung was instrumental in the design of both the workshop and the policy dialogue.
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Participants engaged in a session on principles that should inspire women's participation in the peace and transitional process.
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On December 11, 2012, IFES facilitated a policy dialogue in partnership with the Yangon School of Political Science with leaders of Myanmar's women's empowerment movement to identify guiding principles toward a future policy platform.
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Participants represented women civil society leaders, leading journalists, political parties and Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) Women's Policy Dialogue participants. One man, a representative of the Myanmar Peace Center, also joined the discussion.
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Democracy icon and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi contested in the April 2012 by-elections.
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A women's rights activist from the Deaf Resource Centre took part in IFES's women's leadership training.
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Following the strategic planning exercise, each group presented their overall goal and discussed their plan to reach that goal.
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Training attendees worked together in teams during a strategic planning exercise.
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Participants practiced newly acquired skills and provided one another with feedback.
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Trainees participated in group exercises focused on advocacy tools and techniques.
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The training brought together a diverse group of women leaders and activists throughout Myanmar, representing different ethnic groups within the country.
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Speakers from the Shalom Foundation, Myanmar Peace Center and the Kachin Peace Network gave participants an overview of the peace process and discussed the need for greater inclusion of women in this process.
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Under the Global Women's Leadership Fund announced by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as one of the first implementing tools of the U.S.