Rugby women get training boost

This is surely a good time to be a woman.

There’re so many initiatives out there to help them develop further.

And for the women in Africa rugby management, a management training has been planned for them to enhance them to be even better than they are now.

This training program is part of World Rugby’s women leadership development project in alignment with Rugby Africa's strategic objectives.

Developed under the hand of RA Women’s Rugby Advisory Committee and Rugby Africa Women’s Rugby Manager, Maha Zaoui, the program will use interactive teaching methods where practice is combined with theory.

The deadline for participant confirmation has been extended to September 18, and the training will be spread over 6 months happening two days per month (Friday and Saturday) with the participation of prominent speakers from the MEMOS association and the testimonies of African and international experts from the rugby sector.

Participants of the program will apply, adapt and transfer what they have learned in theory during training sessions and during workshop sessions in their own unions through the realization of case studies.

They’ll be supported throughout their training by tutors (RA staff) whose final goal will be the preparation of a development project for women's rugby emanating from their respective environments and includes all the modalities to guarantee its success.

Participation criteria  

You must be working in a rugby union (employee or volunteer)

Be selected by the union

Have a university degree or equivalent professional experience

Have sufficient skills to effectively follow the training sessions

Participants will need to attend all training sessions to complete the program

More than two absences from all the conferences, the participant will not receive certification

No absences are allowed during workshops and case studies

To validate their training, participants will develop 6 case studies written in PowerPoint format and presented in discussion groups and a final project written in Word format and presented (PowerPoint format) in plenary session according to a schedule that will be prepared and communicated later

Discussing its benefits, Zaoui said, “By studying certain principles and concepts, developing and presenting case studies and sharing their experiences, participants will learn how to implement change and manage their projects more effectively.”

As part of the programme outline, participants will be exposed to:

Environment, law and administration

Managing strategically

Managing human resources

Managing finance

Managing marketing

Organising a rugby tournament

Recognising the impact that the training would have, President at Rugby Africa, Khaled Babbou, said that it was Rugby Africa’s desire to continue investing in the development of women in rugby and take them to the next level.

“This training programme is targeted at leading women in rugby who are looking to take their presence in rugby to the next level. We do believe that the programme is an enabler and will produce the results that we intend for it to produce – create thriving and growing women in rugby on and off the field.”

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