March 2016 Update

March 2016 Update
ASFL was well represented at the ISFLC16 which was held from 26th to 28th February at the Marriot Wardman Park, Washington DC, USA. African Executive Board Chairperson Linda Kavuka was one of the speakers at the Student Organizing panel which featured speakers from Germany, Venezuela and Brazil. She spoke of the challenges that students in Africa face when organizing and holding events for liberty. She also narrated the incident that happened in Gambia from December 2014 to January 2015 that saw various ASFL leaders called in for questioning by the authorities. She further narrated how some leaders were forced to flee the country. Despite the challenges, ASFL has been able to record numerous successes and is currently in 18 countries in Africa.
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Linda was also among the presenters on the panel dubbed Defending Liberty where she spoke of her efforts and those of the female leaders in Africa currently working at sharing the ideas of liberty to women and championing for liberty as female leaders alongside colleagues from Women for Liberty from Nepal, USA and Europe. She spoke of the challenges that affect women in Africa including domestic violence, FGM, early marriage, lack of access to education among other issues and efforts leaders in Africa are making to face the issues. Women for Liberty is targeting female leaders to join the movement of liberty as the number of female leaders is fairly low, especially in Africa. She stated that plans are underway to organize seminars for Women for Liberty in Africa.

ASFL for the first time is opening applications to the second Local Coordinator Program. African students and recent graduates who are passionate about the ideas of liberty are encouraged to apply for the program, which is a rigorous 8-week online training that equips participants with the skills and knowledge of promoting liberty in Africa. This is a rare opportunity to join the largest libertarian student organization in the world. Do not miss out on this once in a lifetime chance to join the cheetah generation!

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