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Gender-transformative Agroecology for Climate Resilience
March 8 to 13, 2027
Building Community Resilience in a Changing Climate
September 14 to November 6, 2026
Asset-Based and Community-Led Development Principles
February 2 – March 30, 2027
Tools for Conflict Sensitive Development
October 19 to December 11, 2026
Grassroots Peacebuilding
February 2 to March 30, 2027
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IWW Spotlight: Ulilia Chamisa
As the Team Leader for Start4Girls in Zimbabwe, Ulilia Chamisa works with girls and adolescent women, their communities, and religious and traditional leaders to promote the return to school or entrance into vocational skills training for girls who have dropped out, especially married girls and teenage mothers.
IWW Spotlight: Mica Francis
“As a women’s support worker, I am inspired every day by the people for whom we provide services. In the face of poverty, mental health concerns, gender-based violence and constant social and economic barriers, these women-identified persons exude such resilience and perseverance to not only survive, but thrive, and provide for and care for their families and communities.”
IWW Spotlight: Tsigie Haile
Tsigie Haile established Women in Self Employment (WISE) in 1993, which provides a space for women’s empowerment in Ethiopia. The organization has been working with low-income, self-employed women and girls in their efforts to achieve self-reliance and improve the quality of their lives.
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