The Chief Executive Officer of the East African Centre for Human Rights (EACHRights), Judith Oloo, has restated her determination to advocate protection of women and girls’ economic, social and cultural rights in the region.
She also encouraged young women leaders in the region to put in more efforts to be part of the French African Young Leaders Programme (FAYLP) in the future.
The senior lecturer at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) School of Law is the only one selected from East Africa in the education category to join the leadership training programme.
Development Diaries understands that four Kenyans in total were selected to join the programme.
The FAYLP selects 100 most promising and high-potential talent between the ages of 28 and 40 within France and African economic, political, academic, social and cultural ecosystem for leadership training and networking.
The EACHRights boss, a PhD holder in International Law and Human Rights Law from St Augustine University of Tanzania (SAUT), said that her selection was an encouragement to young women in the region and urged them to work hard in their respective fields to make the next cut for the programme.
‘I am humbled to be one of the 100 answers and a French-African Leadership Laureates (2021)’, she said.
‘I look forward to fellowshipping with colleagues, interacting with great world leaders, networking’.
The former head of the Private Law Department at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa has a strong background in international human rights and humanitarian law.
Oloo, who spends her free time in community service on matters relating to children’s rights, according to the JKUAT, has published a number of articles on various human rights concerns.
According to the organisers of the programme, the FAYLP offers a great opportunity for the laureates to shape the contours of tomorrow’s world through the advancement of leadership, management and diplomacy skills within the theme of resilience.
The 100 young leaders selected for this year’s programme will meet with major stakeholders from corporations, SMEs, mid-level businesses, startups, and institutions in France and Africa to explore answers to France and Africa’s biggest development questions.
They will be divided into two groups, with one group having its training session in Dakar, Senegal, and the other in France.
The two-week programme, designed to focus on issues around France and Africa’s economies, health systems and civil society’s response to Covid-19, is scheduled to commence in October this year.
Source: The Standard
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