women and men working in partnership
About Project Parity
Project Parity - What We Do
We work in partnership with organisations in the UK and abroad to design skills based action plans and training sessions in direct response to their needs and circumstances. We aim to build a culture where both women and men can develop their full potential as leaders in politics and public life. Where possible we help form indigenous, self-standing '50/50 Groups' in nations where women have not yet reached at least 50% of local and national government. We organise training workshops which have been extremely popular and are proving to be highly successful. We teach practical skills which are vital to success in democratic politics and public life at all levels from local politics to global negotiations. In Romania, following workshops organised by our trainers a new NGO was formed (222 Group) to help get women into parliament. At the last Romanian elections 4 participants who had been trained by Lesley Abdela were elected to parliament.Meet The Team
Lesley Abdela is Chief Executive of Project Parity. She co-founded the all-Party 300 Group for Women in Politics/Public Life. Tim Symonds is Executive Director of Project Parity and co-founded the 300 Group. We have a wide variety of experts who work for us. We hand pick teams for each project so that we use the most appropriate personnel. Our experts and trainers have ranged from Gender Experts to Media Experts and from former Cabinet Ministers to US Presidential Advisors.View this article at: www.shevolution.qbfox.com/about_us/project_parity/pp_what.html