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Women's Empowerment: 8 projects
Name of Organization: Iowa Resource for International
Service (IRIS, Inc.)
Location: Ames, IA
Subject: Building Women's Leadership to Strengthen
Democracy in Nigeria
This grant is strengthening the political role
of women in Nigeria through workshops and internships
focused on the Bauchi, Kaduna, Plateau, and Sokoto
States. The project entails the travel of two
groups of six Nigerian women to the United States
for six weeks, and two groups of six Americans,
plus a planning delegation, to Nigeria for three
weeks. Women's Leadership Centers are planned
for development in all four Nigerian target states,
and the Nigerian participants are being offered
small grants to design leadership training projects
to implement in their local communities.
Country: Nigeria
Region: Africa
U.S. State: IA
Theme: Women's Empowerment
Name of Organization: Meridian International Center
Location: Washington, DC
Subject: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in South
Africa
This grant supports the travel of 12 aspiring
businesswomen from South Africa to the United
States for three weeks of training accompanied
by a South African government official responsible
for entrepreneurial programs. Approximately five
months later, six American specialists in successful
business practices travel to South Africa for
two weeks to mentor the South African participants
and conduct workshops for a wider audience.
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
U.S. State: DC
Theme: Women's Empowerment
Name of Organization: National Conference of State
Legislatures (NCSL)
Location: Washington, DC
Subject: Improving Awareness of Women's Issues
and Women's Effective Participation in Government
in South Africa
This grant supports a program to raise awareness
of women's issues and to enhance the professional
skill of female legislators in initiating legislation
in South Africa and the United States. Twelve
South African women legislators are visiting the
United States for three weeks to study the environment
in which American women legislators work in Washington,
DC, Maryland, Arizona, and Washington State, followed
by the travel of twelve U.S. women state legislators
to South Africa to work with three provincial
legislatures and the National Assembly. Finally,
a five-day workshop involving all of the U.S.
and South African participants is being held in
South Africa, during which the women learn more
about advocacy groups and civil society organizations,
and are welcomed into NCSL's Women's Legislative
Network, a forum for women legislators at both
the national and state level.
Country: South Africa
Region: Africa
U.S. State: DC
Theme: Women's Empowerment
Name of Organization: University of Georgia
Location: Athens, Georgia
Subject: Empowering Maasai Women to Participate
in Civic Affairs
This grant supports the University of Georgia's
International Center for Democratic Governance
in empowering Maasai women from Kenya's Rift Valley
with the skills and organizational capabilities
to participate in public discussions and policy-making,
thus strengthening their roles in civil society.
Twenty-eight Maasai women are participating in
three weeks of workshops, job shadowing, action
planning, and dialogue on local governance in
the United States. Subsequently, 16 American community
activists are scheduled to travel to Kenya for
two weeks to network and study grassroots culture
and its influences on Maasai women.
Country: Kenya
Region: Africa
U.S. State: GA
Theme: Women's Empowerment
Name of Organization: The International Center
Location: Washington, DC
Subject: Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Vietnam
This grant trains young Vietnamese businesswomen
in entrepreneurial and leadership skills to enhance
economic growth in their country. The program
will empower participants to establish or grow
their own businesses, and to participate actively
in the creation of conditions necessary for a
free market economy. Four American business experts
have traveled to Vietnam to conduct four seminars
for 200 entrepreneurs and community leaders in
Hanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho.
Thirty Vietnamese business leaders are scheduled
to travel to the United States for a three-week
business training and mentoring program.
Country: Vietnam
Region: East Asia and Pacific
U.S. State: DC
Theme: Women's Empowerment
Name of Organization: University of Oklahoma
Location: Norman, Oklahoma
Subject: Strengthening Broadcast Media Capacities
and Leadership Capacities of Women Journalists
This grant focuses on improving visual storytelling
in broadcast media in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan,
with a secondary focus on strengthening the leadership
capabilities of women. Project activities include
two workshops in each of the three countries for
both broadcast journalists and aspiring women
leaders, as well as workshops with participants
coming from all three countries for intensive
training at the University of Oklahoma. Other
program activities include videoconferences to
enable American experts to speak to participants
to follow up on their experiences after training
and a project website.
Countries: Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan
Region: South and Central Asia
U.S. State: OK
Theme: Women's Empowerment
Name of Organization: El Camino College
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Subject: Developing Business Skills among Indigenous
Women
El Camino College's Business Training Center
provides approximately 100 Nicaraguan women with
business skills training during a five day workshop
to promote growth in Nicaragua. Thirty Nicaraguan
women have a four week residency in California
that includes hands-on training to further improve
their entrepreneurial and leadership skills.
Country: Nicaragua
Region: Western Hemisphere
U.S. State: CA
Theme: Women's Empowerment
Name of Organization: Vital Voices Global Partnership
Location: Washington, D.C.
Subject: Providing Women's Leadership Mentoring
This grant provides continued support to the
FORTUNE/State Department International Women Leaders
Mentoring Partnership, designed to develop the
management and business skills of emerging women
leaders from countries around the world. The program
brings approximately 35 women to the U.S. for
a mentorship program that matches them with senior
U.S. women executives in the fields of business,
law, and sports. Participants have numerous opportunities
to observe best practices and learn organization
and leadership skills from their American counterparts.
The exchange includes a three-day orientation
program in Washington, D.C., where participants
meet with government officials, academics, and
business leaders; a three-week mentorship assignment
in cities throughout the U.S.; and a two-day evaluation
and debriefing in New York City.
Countries: Argentina, Bosnia-Herzegovina, China,
Egypt, Gaza Strip, Ghana, Hungary, India, Indonesia,
Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, Peru, Poland,
Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, Vietnam, West Bank,
Zimbabwe
Regions: Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe,
Near East, South and Central Asia, Western Hemisphere
U.S. State: DC
Theme: Women's Empowerment
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