Monika Khangembam to attend IVLP in US
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 28 2015 :
Monika Khangembam, Founder of Women and Youth for Peace and Development (WYPD) has been selected to attend the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) held in USA.
The 17-days long leadership programme will be start from December 2 .
A press note stated that IVLP is a prestigious professional exchange programme being conducted by the US Department of State to foster professional ties and mutual understanding with other countries.
The initiative was taken by the US National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (2011), which calls for the empowerment of women as equal partners in preventing conflict and building peace in countries threatened and affected by war, violence, and insecurity.
The note said that Monika is the only leader selected from India to participate in the IVLP.
She will leave for the US soon to meet professional counterparts and while visiting to USA she will meet many public and private sector organisations leaders related to her project theme 'Women Leaders: Promoting Peace and Security'.
Monika will also visit to Washington; New York; Nevada and Florida as part of her programme.