legislative and other important trainings that will help them succeed. Thus we need
trainings and capacity building for minority women at all levels.
3. Minority women scholarships, internships and fellowships. The creation
of scholarships; internships and fellowships opportunities for young minority women
in colleges and universities all over the world can help build talent and prepare future
minority women leaders. The UN and other world bodies such as the AU, EU, Arab
League and IGAD should set the example and initiate these growth opportunities for
minority women and ask governments and other bodies to emulate the example.
4. Research and lobby groups. Research institutions should be created that could
provide public and authoritative reports on minority women political participation in
the world. This will help academicians and journalist to disseminate right and timely
information on minority women political participation. Lobby groups will also help
lobby governments and UN bodies on the rights and protection of minority women.
5. Legal aid for minority women. Minority women in developing countries are
constant target of political violence. They are exposed to rape and sexual attacks
used to intimidate them so that they can leave political participation: , Unfortunately,
Kenya is notorious for women political violence and I have been a target of such
violence in the last general election where I was subjected to beatings and I had to
hide it from our 'community for fear of creating inter-community conflict and also
loosing the message of our campaigns. Such legal
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