This week and weekend, hundreds of people will be descending upon Monrovia. Hotels are packed, last minute construction still underway, to house the visitors for the Women's Colloquium. Coinciding with International Women's Day on March 8th, the event will be hosted by the president herself, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and the Finnish President Tarja Halonen, seeking "to create an environment for women and their champions around the world to discuss, learn, demonstrate and act on the benefits and lessons learned from women in leadership".Rumours abound as to possible attendees. I think Governor General Michaelle Jean will be coming, along with Baroness Amos from the UK. Still not known who's coming from the US (well, at least not known to me). Apparently some attendees have already arrived. It's been two years in the making, but like a lot of events, it's coming together at the last minute. I'm hoping to catch some of the events if I can figure out how to participate!
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