Training Course for Female Lawyers on \"Activating the Conventions and Covenants on the Right of Women to Hold Public Offices" Cairo, from 27th to 29th March 2012

Cairo, 26th March 2012

Press Release

Training Course for Female Lawyers

on

"Activating the Conventions and Covenants on the Right of Women to Hold Public Offices"

Cairo, from 27^th to 29^th March 2012

The Arab Center for the Independence of Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) organizes training course for female lawyers on "Activating the Conventions and Covenants on the Right of Women to Hold Public Office" on Tuesday in the period from 27^th March till 29^th March 2012 at 10:00 pm in Cairo.

The training course comes within the framework of the ACIJLP’s activities on the project “Support Women Involvement in Public Life” which will continue over two years, with financial support from the European Union, and includes a number of conferences, workshops, seminars, relevant research papers and training courses.

15 female lawyers and Egyptians law students will participate in the training course. The training course includes many topics such as the concept of human rights, its origin and development. It will also discusses all international Covenants and conventions on women\'s issues, relevant national legislation, all the skills necessary to use international Covenants before national courts,  identifying the international and national mechanisms available to protect women\'s right to hold public offices and mechanisms available to overcome the obstacles facing women\'s involvement in public life and identifying the most important mechanisms and legislation that must be developed in light of the changes caused by the 25th January Revolution in the Egyptian society.