Programs and Events 2009
US Embassy Conakry Hosts “Women’s Engagement in the Electoral Process” Conference
Public Affairs Conakry, in collaboration with the Club des Femmes d’Action, a local women’s organization, organized a conference on “Women’s Engagement in the Electoral Process” in honor of Women’s History Month. Local subject area experts gave outstanding presentations on “Women as Complete Citizens” and “How to Choose my Candidate.” Each presentation was followed by extensive discussion during which the women, many first time participants in an Embassy program, asked questions, shared experiences, and described how their behavior would change after the seminar. In order to express themselves comfortably, women spoke in both French and local languages during the seminar. At the end of the day, 78 women, representing women’s organization, political parties and unions from throughout the five main neighborhoods of Conakry, as well as from other areas in Guinea, divided up into teams and developed action plans to carry out voter registration drives in their own neighborhoods in anticipation of the closing of the electoral rolls on April 16.