Iron Ladies of Liberia persuaded a male candidate running in local elections in Kenya to see the importance of women’s leadership.
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Kenyan Student Leader Climbs the Ladder
Purity Wangui Muchai, a student leader at the University of Nairobi, heads an association of over 37,000 women students. She spoke to us about her own leadership journey and shared advice for aspiring women leaders.
Empowering Women Through Storytelling
As the world gears up to renew its commitment to gender equity by celebrating International Women’s Day, WGLG continues its efforts to change the stories we are told about women.
Unstoppable Stories for Social Change
On January 14, 2016 the Ford Foundation, ITVS, USAID and Women and Girls Lead Global invited a diverse group of filmmakers, NGO leaders and educators to experience the impact of media and social change for women and girls around the world at a very special event at the Ford Foundation headquarters in New York.
2015: A Year in Review
With the new year upon us, Women and Girls Lead Global is excited to continue our work around the world and inspire social change through the art of storytelling. See what we’ve been up to in 2015 and where we are headed in 2016.
Vivian Onano: Educating the Women of Tomorrow
Activist, advocate, leader and United Nations youth advisor – this is Vivian Onano.
Challenge Accepted: Closing Of The Gender Gap
On September 9th, Women and Girls Lead Global and our partners ITVS, Ford Foundation, USAID and CARE hosted a Global Gender Gap Challenge at the gorgeous GitHub headquarters. The goal of the event was to create new design and ideas that will transform the lives of women and girls.
Blazing a Trail to Leadership
Campaigning among friends and colleagues on Facebook, Margaret Tawa has won the Listener’s Choice Award hosted on WGL-Kenya’s “Women in the Red” radio show. Founder of an organization for orphans and vulnerable children, head of two community schools, and planning to run for County Assembly in 2017, Margaret can’t be stopped!
The Women in the Red Initiative
We often think of leadership as monumental and large-scale, such as founding an organization or initiating a movement. But leadership comes in many forms, and WGLG Country Engagement Coordinator Josephine Karianjahi discussed with the Kenya Television Network’s host Michael Gitonga during a recent interview on “Morning Express.” Gitonga spoke with Karianjahi about the goals of WGLG’s Women in the Red campaign: to encourage more women to take on leadership positions, and to celebrate women who have exhibited extraordinary leadership qualities.