NORAD signs regional agreement for support to Gender,Diversity Peace and Rights Institute
28.12.2009 //
The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation has entered into an 8 million NOK agreement with The Ahfad University for Women ( AUW) in Omdurman, Sudan on supporting a partnership between Addis Abeba University as well as Makarere University in Uganda on establishing a regional Institute of Gender, Diversity, Peace and Rights.
The grant is amounting to Eight million NOK, and will be provided over a four year period from 2010 until 2014. The project is aimed at enhancing the institutional capacities of the three universities, and to promote knowledge, networking and exchange of expeience within the region for directing policy, enhancing dialogue and indigenous curriculum development on issues like gender and respect of diversities.
Read more about Afhad on http://www.ahfad.org/
Find Addis Abeba University website here: http://www.aau.edu.et/