The Women’s Leadership in Public Life training program in April 2008 in Washington, DC trained 20 women from 11 African countries in campaign planning and management, public policy, and gender policy. The women were tasked to develop action plans to outline how they would apply the information they learned in their countries, and they were also given the opportunity to apply for Action Plan Seed Grants to fund their projects. Projects from 7 countries were funded with grants from $3500 to $8000. The countries were Angola, Malawi, Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. These projects include workshops, voter education materials and campaigns, leadership training for young women, and training for newly elected women public officials in gender policy. Several of the trainings take place in July and August, and this blog series will share my experiences as I travel to several of these workshops.