AGENDA
WOCAN Regional Meeting of Members in West and Central Africa
Yaounde, Cameroon
Somatel Hotel
4-7 December 2006
Day 1 Global and Regional Perspectives on Gender in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management
9:00 Opening Session
Welcome
Henry Njakoi, Country Director, Heifer International Cameroon
Jeannette Gurung, WOCAN Director
Keynote Address
Justice Florence Awasom
Heifer International, Board Member
10:00 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 Introduction of Participants
Workshop Goals and Logistics
Leadership Information Fair
Group Formation for Energisers, Recap, Caretakers and Centering
11:30 WOCAN: a Global Network of Women Professionals
12:00 Regional Perspectives (10-15 min. each)
Heifer: Martha
CIFOR: Danielle
IUCN: Monique
IFAD and DIMITRA: Jeannette
AWLAE: Magdalina
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch
2:00 Discussion: Gender Issues in the Region (Jane Akob)
Groups: Western and Central Africa
1. Francophone
2. Anglophone
Eastern and Southern Africa
3:00 Tea/Coffee
3:30 Plenary
Day 2 Challenges and Opportunities of Women Professionals
Morning: Gender Issues within Organizations in the Region and Challenges of Women Professionals
8:00 Centering and Recap
8:15 Small Group Discussions: Challenges of women in agriculture and NRM organizations using member profiles
10:00 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 Plenary: sharing of obstacles/challenges to women's leadership and full participation in these organizations
11:30 The Pink Book Initiative
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
Afternoon:
1:00 Women's Leadership Information Market (facilitated by Jane Akob)
Open sessions for sharing information and resources, building partnerships
4:30 Plenary
Preparations for Field Visit (Jane)
Day 3 Building Accountability to Rural Women: Community Visit
7:30 Depart on buses for field visit
Discussion with two rural women's groups about their needs and challenges in obtaining services and inputs from agriculture and NRM organizations; exploration of how to link to professional women to address these
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch with women's groups
3:30 Plenary: learning from field trip discussions
Day 4 Building Enabling Environments: Creating networks and alliances for women's leadership
Morning:
Centering and Recap
8:30 Presentation: African Women Leaders in Agriculture and Environment (AWLAE) (Magdalina)
9:15 Presentation and Discussion: People Skills: a Prerequisite to Gender Change Agency Role (Colletah Chitsike)
10:00 Coffee/Tea Break
10:15 Small Group Discussions: Strategies and Opportunities (Martha)
Using member profiles to generate discussions on possible contributions
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 Plenary: presentation of ideas for partnerships, strategies for regional initiatives
2:30 Coffee/Tea Break
3:00 Plenary: Development of Action Plan for the region based on partnerships and strategies developed, with roles of participants and WOCAN outlined
