04 Nov Global Gathering of Women Pastoralists

This month I will be headed to India to support the work of the Global Gathering of Women Pastoralists.
I will be doing my best to blog regularly from the Gathering.  For those of you interested in the CFS, the Pastrolist Focal Points will be chosen at this meeting.
The objectives of the Gathering are:

• To encourage women pastoralists participants to seek
  leadership roles
• To inspire follow up activities that enhances empowerment
  of pastoral women
• To highlight specific challenges faced by women
  pastoralists
• To foster exchange of experiences and learning aimed at
  strengthening the role of women pastoralists in decision
  (including policy) making
• To contribute to the development of a global forum that
  will identify key social, economic, political and ecological
  challenges facing women pastoralists

Global Gathering of Women Pastoralists
November 21-26 2010, Mera, India
Gathering Secretariat
Lalji Desai : +919427005177
Mona Patel:+919898235141
maragindia@rediffmail.com
For information about logistics
pastoralwomen.logistics@gmail.com
+919825013774
http://www.womenpastoralists.com/

With generous support from
IFAD (http://www.ifad.org/)
ILC (www.landcoalition.org)
IUCN (http://www.iucn.org/) and WISP (http://www.iucn.org/wisp/)
League for Pastoral Peoples and Indigenous Livestock Development (http://www.pastoralpeoples.org/)
WAMIP (http://www.wamip.org/)
WISP (http://www.iucn.org/wisp/)