Saturday 8 June 2013

Patience Jonathan Declares Open AWLO 2013 IN Uyo

The stage is all set for African women as wife of Nigeria’s President, Dame Patience Jonathan is billed to flag-off the 5th edition of African Women.

The event is billed to hold at the Leadership Conference between the 11th to 14th of June, 2013 at the Le Meridian Hotel, Uyo, Akwa Ibom state.

It is put together by The African Women in Leadership Organisation (AWLO), a non-profit/non-governmental organization with membership open to all women leaders across Africa.

The African Women in Leadership Conference is a three-day leadership and empowerment programme open to all African women across the continent - and in the Diaspora.


The conference includes a welcome cocktail, networking sessions, the main conference

sessions and a day of beauty, style and wellness tips.

The main conference session includes speaker presentations, group discussions, open floor discussions and panel sessions.

According to the Conference Coordinator, Mr. Elisha Attai ,  'this year’s edition promises to offer a superlative value to all participants noting that amongst personalities expected at the conference are the wife of the President of Equatorial Guinea, the Vice President of Zimbabwe who will be accompanied by the wife of President Mogabe; Ghana’s First Lady, Mrs. John Dramani Mahama who also will be accompanied by her country’s Minister of Women Affairs amongst others.'

The conference will close with an Awards Gala Dinner where women who have made a significant contribution towards women's empowerment and development within their communities will be honoured.

Over the years, AWLC has delivered quality conferences with presentations touching on all spheres of life such as; Education, Economic Empowerment, Health, Legal, Political, Science and ICT and Women's Rights.

'Our presentations are delivered by inspirational and dynamic African Women presenting on topics of relevance and significance to women of African heritage in harnessing their leadership capabilities. ' concluded Mr Elisha Attai.

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