Over 400 women go through leadership training in region

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 13 -- OVER 400 women in Dodoma Region have received training on women and leadership in a bid to groom them to vie for leadership positions in the next general elections slated for October this year.

With funds from the Government of Canada under the Canadian Fund for Local Initiative (CFLI) it will empower the womenfolk to actively participate in local and national electoral processes in Tanzania.

Locally, the training was organised and coordinated by a Dodoma based Non-Governmental Organisation- Women Wake Up (WOWAP) in its second phase, where it will run various trainings to reach over 800 women in Dodoma Region.

In its first phase, the NGO provided training to over 400 women in its efforts to ensure that they part...