Regional Leadership Development Centre (RLDC) - Uganda
The Regional Leadership Development Centre (RLDC) provides a place for networking and information for young African women who are in leadership positions in women's non-governmental organisations (NGOs), government institutions and corporate bodies.
Communication Strategies
The RLDC has three components:
- RLDC Information Service:This service provides training and development opportunities and information about relevant techniques in training, information technology (IT), directories of trainers and resource persons. It publishes and disseminates discussion papers on leadership development.
- Training Library:The RLDC hosts a leadership training library. The library holds a variety of internationally developed training materials including manuals, books, audiocassettes and videocassettes, on issues relevant to the work of the RLDC/African Women's Leadership Institute (AWLI) such as organisational development, personal development, leadership skills and advocacy.
- Developing Leadership Courses and Training Materials:The RLDC develops training materials relevant to the experiences of African women leaders, thinkers, and activists in consultation with identified experts in each area.
Development Issues
Women, Gender
Key Points
The RLDC objectives are to:
- develop and pilot leadership training models and specially designed courses for African women to use in their communities, and to feed into AWLI
- be a permanent source of information for current literature and debates on leadership training and leadership development
- enable leaders of women's NGOs to play a more informed and efficient part in monitoring and implementation of national, regional and international instruments
- empower women living in fundamentally patriarchal communities to develop the confidence to play a leadership role and develop a style of leadership based on democratic principles, collaboration, and support for other women, accountability and good governance
- develop a mentoring and role modelling system in order to benefit from the knowledge, skills and expertise of older women and to ensure that young African women become an integral part of the decision-making processes at all levels
- research, analyse, document and acknowledge the experience and struggles of African women in an un-romanticised manner
- act as a resource for international development agencies and academic institutions
Partners
Akina Mama wa Africa(AMwA)
