Training on Gender Based Violence, Gender, and Leadership for 4 target villages in Saysetha District, Vientiane Capital.

On 9–11 February 2026, at the Lao Women’s Union Training Center (Phonthan Village, Xaysetha District, Vientiane Capital), Association for the Development of Women and Legal Education (ADWLE), in collaboration with the Vientiane Capital Department of Justice, conducted a training on Gender Based Violence, Gender, and Leadership for 4 target villages in Saysetha District, Vientiane Capital.

This training went beyond simple lectures; it focused on enhancing the “community leadership skills” of the participants.

The objectives were:

– To enable the target villages to gain knowledge regarding sex and gender roles, types of gender-based violence, methods for documenting and reporting incidents of gender-based violence and to further develop community leadership capacity.

– To enable the target villages to learn how to respond to case studies using a positive approach and to apply these methods within their own village operations.

– To ensure that the target villages apply the lessons learned from this training to their actual work.

Observations highlighted the significant role played by men’s and women’s groups as a driving force for local-level initiatives.

This activity was supported by The Asia Foundation (TAF) in Laos, under the Amplify program.