Seminar, meetings and workshop

Finally getting over the withdrawal and becoming immersed in my job. This week, I am attending a two day seminar on anti-trafficking, then a colleague from my regional office comes on mission. I have to accompany her to a number of meetings with government partners, NGOs and political parties. Next week, I am organizing a four day workshop on gender and national budgeting issues where I am also a participant. The next two weeks will be a non-stop engagement, and in the meantime I also need to work (desk work) to plan activities for the next two months. I have recently taken over a chair position of one internal coordination mechanism/ committee, so I also have to plan for this. All of these things are, even though they are gender related issues, relatively new to me and provide great learning opportunities.