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WILpower/Women in Law Project: Request for Applications

November 18, 2008

The Women in Law Project (WILpower) is an AED - implemented, U.S. State Department Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) - funded project supporting the professional development of young Arab women law students and legal practitioners in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Through a regional information and communication network with local national-level hubs, or chapters, WILpower seeks to provide technical legal skills training (legal research & writing, and oral argumentation), leadership development for young lawyers, business & entrepreneurial skills development for young lawyers, and legal knowledge sharing by mentor-experts.

Objective: To introduce basic business, management and entrepreneurial skills to young Arab female attorneys in the Middle East

To implement high-quality face-to-face interactive business/entrepreneurial skills training, as well as provide high quality online capacity-building activities

Proposal due date: Final proposals must be submitted to Amy West by 12:00 P.M. EST on November 26, 2008 at the following address:

Amy West, WILpower Project Manager
AED/ITAC
8th Floor, North Building
1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20009 USA
Tel.: +1.202.884.8108

Electronic copy may be submitted by 12:00 P.M. EST on November 26, 2008 to Amy West at awest@aed.org.

Period of Performance: December 1, 2008 – July 31, 2009

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