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titre: "The first summit of the African Refugee Women-Led Network, in Nairobi"
chemin: "/blog/first-arwnet-summit-nairobi"
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langue: en
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description: "From 16 to 19 December 2024, BRIGHT's founder joined refugee women leaders from Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa and Uganda at the first summit of the African Refugee Women-Led Network (ARWNET) in Nairobi."
statut: publie
libelle_de_menu: "First ARWNET Summit"
publie_le: 2024-12-16T09:00:00+00:00
version: 7
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  texte: |
    From 16 to 19 December 2024, BRIGHT's founder took part in the first summit of the African Refugee Women-Led Network (ARWNET), as its Head of Communication. Sponsored by Oxfam with Independent Diplomat, and with UNHCR and Cohere taking part, the summit trained participants in leadership, resource mobilisation, evidence-based advocacy and diplomacy.

    Liliane Uwase shared BRIGHT's approach to tackling poverty through education, advocacy, agriculture and entrepreneurship, documented the summit in photos and video, and wrote its 33-page report.