In addition, the program is training 40 women in leadership skills and encouraging them to become decision makers at the local level. It's about communicating to them that as women, as 50 percent of the population, they posses the same rights as men. It is also about showing them that through democracy, including exercising the vote and participating in municipal government, they can solve some of their problems. Finally, says Castillo, they will also learn how they can join with the men in building peace together, after the long years of civil conflict that plagued the region. Overcoming resistance to change.
Solidarity yields concrete results.
Part of peace program.