With the presence of the Vice President of the Republic, Raquel Peña, the Dominican Municipal League (LMD) started yesterday the “Women and Leadership Training Program”which will take place in different municipalities throughout the country.
The opening act, where municipal authorities and representatives of civil society were present, highlighted that the purpose is to strengthen opportunities for the development of women based on the empowerment and promotion of female leadership.
The president of the Dominican Municipal League, Victor D’Aza and the general director of Ethics and Government Integrity, led the launch of the program, where the vice president Raquel Pena addressed the issues: challenges and opportunities that the country has in terms of women’s participation in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, as well as the impact of strengthening MiPymes on the economic empowerment of women.
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About the initiative
This initiative was born from the commitment assumed by Peña and Ortiz Bosch, together with Mr. D’Aza, to make visible the strengths of women from the different municipalities through training and promoting self-confidence and vision of life, offering them tools for empowerment and projection with the “Women and Leadership Workshops”.
As Sandra Ángeles explained, the only way that local political projects can be made attractive to women is by generating high leadership skills and qualitative political participation in them.
The workshops will be face-to-face and video conferences to have a better impact on the workshops, but those who cannot attend for reasons of accessibility will be able to use technology.
The topics to be discussed will be: the regulations that regulate the women’s rights, the Constitution of the Republic and the Dominican electoral system, the progress of equality and equity in the country, the empowerment of women, entrepreneurship, and the personal economy, among others.
