I.V. NOMINATION MRP WOMEN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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ECA/PE/V CHARLOTTE PETERSON

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KPAO OEXC SCUL LT ECON
SUBJECT: I.V. NOMINATION MRP WOMEN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

REF: 04 STATE 114693

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POST-EMAIL: INFOMASERU@STATE.GOV
TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Maseru
TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 6119
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ECA-OFFICE: E/VGA
PROG-AGENCY-NAME:
POST-PROJ-ID: 14
ECA-PROJ-NO:
PROJ-NAME: Women and Econmic Development
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Women and Economic Development.
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PROJ-TYPE: Multi-Regional
PROG-TYPE: IV Grant Visitor
FY: 2005
DEPART-POST: 09/27/2005
SESSION-DATE: 09/29/2005
RETURN-POST: 10/22/2005
NO-OF-PART: 1
RANK-ORDER: 1
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ECA-OFFICE-ID: 1035
PROG-AGENCY-ID:
PROJ-TYPE-ID: MRP
PROG-TYPE-ID: 29
NOMINATING-POST-ID: 6119
FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 6119
STATUS: N
ORIGINATOR: P
SUBJ-DISC: Economic & Business Development
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PREFIX: Ms.
F-NAME: Palesa
M-NAME: Doreen
L-NAME: Monkhi
SUFFIX:
POSITION-CODE: 311
PRINCIPAL?: Yes
M-ADDR1: P.O. Box 055
M-ADDR2: Maseru 100
M-ADDR3:
M-CITY: Maseru
M-STATE:
M-CNTRY: Lesotho
M-ZONE:
M-ZIP:
M-PHONE: (09266) 58850071
M-FAX:
M-EMAIL: pmonkhi@leo.co.ls
M-CNTRY-ID: LT
M-ADDRTYPE: B
GENDER:
DOB: 09/29/1970
MAR-STAT: S
BIRTH-CITY: Maseru
BIRTH-CNTRY: Lesotho
CITIZ-CNTRY: Lesotho
RES-CNTRY: Lesotho
START MEMO POSITION:
Contracts Manager- A&C Holdings
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START MEMO OTHER-POSITIONS:
1998-2004 - Quantity Surveyor- Lephema Executive Transport.
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START MEMO PREV-POSITIONS:

1996-1997- Technician- These Construction Services LTD.
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START MEMO US-TRAVEL:
None
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START MEMO OTHER-TRAVEL:
Brussels, Belgium
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Education:
1988-1991- Diploma in Civil Engineering , Lerotholi Polytechnic.
Training:
1.Sept 1997-December1997- Small Scale Contractor's Project

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Training Program(Using Labour based Methods).
2.July 1990- January 1991- Spie Batignolles LTD - Trainee in
Construction Management.
3.January 1989- June 1989- Ministry of Works, Roads Department,
trainee in maintenance, laboratory and design sections.
Summit attended:
Young Entrepreneur Summit for Developing Countries around the
World- Brussels, Belgium.
Conferences attended:
Guest Speaker at Women's Forum held by the U.S. Embassy in
Lesotho.











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None
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None
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FIRST-LANG: Sotho/Sesutho
ENGL-READ: 5
ENGL-SPEAK: 5
ENGL-COMP: 5
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OTHER-LANG: English
OTHER-LANG-ID: EN
READ: 4
SPEAK: 3
COMP: 4
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START MEMO NOM-POST-OBJ:

Maseru's 2006 MPP goal Democratic Systems and Practices seeks to
promote greater participation and leadership by women in
politics, business and society as leaders. Post objectives are
to provide women in Lesotho the capacity and opportunity to
participate in decision making, to empower them through training
and involve them in the economic development of the country. As
a very successful entrepreneur, Ms. Monkhi will benefit greatly
from the program and bring back skills that will benefit women.
She is an active mentor for young Basotho women interested in
entering business.
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NOMINATING-OFFICER: Jed T. Dornburg
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The nominee is a successful young business woman in Lesotho, who
has her own engineering company. This program will give her the
opportunity to explore the gender dimensions of business,
economics, and international finance. She will have a fuller
understanding of the contributions of women to the economic
development of the U.S and will have the opportunity to explore
the progress of women in overcoming gender bias to participate
more fully in the world economy. Someone of her ability will be
able to put this experience to good use in the Lesotho context.
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NOM-OFF:
SPEAKER?: No
NOTIFY-EMB: No
MEDIA?: No
HOME-STAY: No
HOME-HOSP?: No
E-I-TYPE:
NOMINEE-ID: 33
PERSON-ID: 32
BIRTH-CNTRY-ID: LT
CITIZ-CNTRY-ID: LT
RES-CNTRY-ID: LT
FIRST-LANG-ID: SR
E-I-TYPE-ID:
NOM-POST-ID: 6119
NOM-FUNDING-CNTRY-ID: 6119

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NOM-STATUS: N
DS2019-ACTION: 1
DS2019-SUBJECT: 45.0601
SPONS-FUNDS: 0
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