b'Soroptimist InternationalReport for the High-Level Political ForumKENYAThe Road to Equality: UpdateThe Road to Equality combined education, training and awareness raising to empower women andgirlstobeagentsofchange,bothintheirownlivesandintheirwidercommunities.It addressed key gender-based issues, including violence, female genital cutting, the rights of older women, migration and trafficking, and child, early and forced marriage. In Kenya, The Lugari Youth Leadership and Mentoring Camp for girls aged 14-16 was supported by the appeal. In collaboration with the Willing Hearts International Society Canada and the Lugari Community ResourceCentre,TheSIPresidentAppealprovided25,000USDforthecreationofanew s Community Resource Centre, providing a safe place for girls during and in the wake of COVID-19, and for the 2021 Leadership and Mentoring Camp. A key component of Leadership Academy requires graduates to design and implement a project in their own community.Lugari Youth Leadership and Mentoring CampCOVID-19preventedtheLugariLeadershipand October 6th 2021, on the 10th anniversary of the Mentoring Camp from going ahead in 2020. Withleadership camp programme. The Leadership Camp this delay, the Road to Equality Appeal made this anbrought together different expert speakers, many of opportunitytodirectfundstobuildanewwhommentorandworkwiththegirlsafterthe CommunityResourceCentrethatwillprovideacamp, supporting intergenerational exchange. more conducive environment for the training young futureleaders.BytakingtheopportunitiesofSessionsatthiscampincludedleadershipskills, programmedelays,itwaspossibletosupportagriculturaltraining,debatesaboutwhetherto expandingtheLeadershipandMentoringCampsabolish doweries, project design and management, facilitiestoprovideapermanentsafeplaceforsexual health and relationships, financial education, future programs. The first Leadership Camp sinceand disease awareness. These sessions focused on the beginning of COVID-19 was held September 30 th personal development, but also on skills which can ACHIEVING SDGs 4 & 5: Providing non-formal training and education to equip girls with skills that will support employment and continuing education (targets 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 5.5) Educating girls about sustainable development, and supporting the achievement of peace, human rights and gender equality in the community (target 4.7, 5.2)Building an inclusive learning environment (target 4.a) Contributing to ending gender inequality by providing girls with new and unique 11opportunities (Target 5.1)'