The documentation from workshops and materials presented in the project “Capacity Building for Local and Regional Authorities in Africa” are available here:
Peer Learning Webinars on Promoting Women’s Rights at the Local Level 2025
The project report Peer-to-Peer Learning Webinars for Human Rights Multipliers of Local Authorities from African Cities and Graz is now available in English, German and French. The report highlights three successful webinars on women’s rights at the local level, focusing on women’s political participation, the prevention of gender-based violence, and the inclusion of women and girls through sport. The project was implemented in 2025 in collaboration with the Academy of the African Cities Network and co-funded by FairStyria.
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Online workshop: Capacity building for multipliers of the African Local Governments Academy (22-23, 28-29 September 2021)
General materials
- Bernadette Holzer – Principles and Key Elements of Human Rights
- Bernadette Holzer – Local government, good governance and human rights
- Bernadette Holzer – Human Rights Education and Training
Workshop 22-23 September on Sports for Youth Inclusion and Citizenship and Human Rights Education
- Workshop Documentation and Findings 22-23 September 2021
- Abdelaziz Zaki – From Cities to Cities
- Heba Shama – Training-of-trainers on the Toolkit for Urban Inclusion, 22-23 September 2021
- Marwa Barakat – Toolkit for Urban Inclusion in Arab Cities – Sports and Human Rights Education
- Said El Hadi Loukman – Experiences from the Comores (French)
Workshop 28-29 September on Access to Information and Public Participation
- Workshop Documentation and Findings 28-29 September 2021
- Heba Shama – Training-of-trainers on the Toolkit for Urban Inclusion, 28-29 September 2021
- Marwa Barakat – Toolkit for Urban Inclusion in Arab Cities – Public Participation and Access to information
Online workshop: Local approaches to guaranteeing women’s rights (7-9 December 2020)
- Bernadette Knauder – Principles and key elements of human rights
- Klaus Starl – The relevance of human rights for the local level
- Klaus Starl – The business case for human rights
- Wondemagegn Tadesse Goshu – Human Rights architecture in Africa and other regional systems
- Markus Möstl – SDGs, New Urban Agenda and the human rights based approach
- Monia Braham – Women’s right to the city
- Jana El Baba – What are inclusive cities?
- Isabella Meier – Tools and instruments for implementation: the Toolkit methodology
