City of Batken, Batken Oblast – On 20-21 September 2016, 20 female students of Muaz ibn Jabal madrasah in Batken and of Abdulla ibn Abbas madrasah in Leilek rayon will participate in the training “Women Leadership and Public Speaking”. Participants will work on effective communication skills, how to use their “personal and inner resources”, enhancing their public speaking skills, and how to present their work to an audience. This training stresses results-oriented techniques in the preparation for public speaking, becoming familiar with techniques for introducing a dispute, how to overcome a “fear” of public speaking, and how to use the rules of positive and constructive speech.
The Public Foundation “Information, Consulting and Demonstration Center “Stimul” will conduct the training in cooperation with Kaziyat of Batken Oblast as a part of a project titled, “Female Madrasah Students as Initiators of Positive Social Changes”
This training also provides the participants with information on women leadership and effective methods for enhancing their capacity for leadership, how to utilize these methods in practice, how to identify and draw on their own strengths and how to recognize and mitigate their weaker areas through further personal development.
The project is supported by the Collaborative Governance Program (CGP), which promotes effective collaboration among civil society, the private sector, and the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. The Program is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), and is implemented by East-West Management Institute (EWMI).