Transformative Leadership for Women's Rights - Training Manual

This manual has been designed for women leaders within grassroots networks throughout Somalia and in the federal member states. It will support women leaders’ capacity to engage with the Transformative Leadership for Women’s Rights principles, empowerment, peace and participation. Transformative leadership, which is leadership for sustainable change, addresses the root causes of inequality. Promoting transformative leadership is a central objective of UN Women and its partners seeking to promote Women’s peace and participation. Transformative leadership for women’s rights (TLWR). This form of leadership promotes gender justice by advancing women’s participation and leadership. TLWR is about improving leadership content or how people exercise their leadership. At the same time, leadership capacity is built to achieve or change something. Transformative leadership for women’s rights will play a key role in advancing gender justice. Transformative leadership challenges structures and ideologies that justify and perpetuate gender inequality and power imbalances. It ensures that leadership actions contribute to equity, human rights, justice, and peace. These will translate into Gender equality and women empowerment and support initiatives for women’s peace, security and participation.