Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP)
WISH LIST: $100: a 4-day advocacy workshop for 1 woman; $500: leadership training manuals and materials for 20 girls; $2500: 1 leadership workshop for 18 women in a partner country
Although women make up more than half the world's population, only 17% of national parliament members are women and just 13 countries are headed by women. Long-time Iranian activist Mahnaz Afkhami founded the Women's Learning Partnership to change the odds. WLP strengthens women's technology, communication, and advocacy skills: the idea is to train them in decision-making and power-sharing arrangements that support democratic and ethical practices, and enhance human rights. Today, more women are standing for elections, educating their daughters, and speaking up in over 20 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East where WLP operates. Its programs reach diverse groups of women and men -- over 10,000 annually -- through curricula, workshops, conferences, and online courses, while social networking software (from blogs to chat rooms to Twitter) disseminates resources and publicizes gatherings. Nearly one billion of the world's inhabitants live in abject poverty, and some 70% of these are women. Isn't it time to do something about it?
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Rakhee Goyal Executive Director |
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