IVLP Program

WLI Programs

The Center for Women’s Leadership Initiatives (WLI) develops and manages dynamic, innovative and substantive programming to cultivate and support women as leaders and change makers around the world.  A few of our key initiatives are listed below.


  • 2011 One Young World Summit in Zurich

    Chevron International REACH Scholarship Program

    The Chevron International REACH Scholarship Program has assisted over 470 women, 58% of total participants, from 51 countries in pursuing post-secondary education.

  • E-Mediat

    E-Mediat: Tools, Technology and Training

    E-Mediat: Tools, Technology and Training, with funding and support from the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative, Microsoft, Craigslist Charitable Fund and Cisco, provides 250 NGOs with new media skills and resources to help advance their missions and expand their support to local communities.

  • Elham Ali—EWLP

    Ethiopia Women’s Leadership Program (EWLP)

    Ethiopia Women’s Leadership Program (EWLP) addresses the high attrition rate and improves educational outcomes of first year university women through leadership development, mentoring and skill building, and builds the capacity of universities to create a more enabling environment for women students.

  • Addis Ketema Preparatory School 

    Higher Education Readiness (HER)

    The Institute of International Education’s Higher Education Readiness program (HER) provides young women in secondary school from underserved communities with a pathway to university.

  • IVLP Participant Volunteerism

    International Visitor Leadership Program

    International Visitor Leadership Program convened 100 women leaders from around the world to highlight key foreign policy issues impacting girls and women worldwide through the Department of State’s 100 Years, 100 Women Initiative, organized to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.

  • LDM State Fellows

    Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health Program (LDM)

    Leadership Development for Mobilizing Reproductive Health Program works on pressing global health issues such as HIV/AIDS, adolescent reproductive health, gender-based violence, access to quality family planning services and improved maternal health care.

  • Susan G. Komen for the Cure Brazil Group

    Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Initiative for Breast Cancer Awareness

    Susan G. Komen for the Cure Global Initiative for Breast Cancer Awareness awarded nearly 60 community grants to support strong networks as women leaders transform lessons learned into action.

  • TechWomen Mentee Orientation

    TechWomen

    TechWomen pairs emerging women leaders in technical fields in the Middle East and North Africa with their counterparts in Silicon Valley for a professional mentorship program at leading technology companies.  TechWomen is an initiative of the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

  • WIT participant at computer

    Women in Technology

    Women in Technology, funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative, empowers women and expands their participation in the workforce and civil society by providing local organizations, and the women they serve, with cutting-edge training in business planning, professional development, information technology and entrepreneurship.

  • WES participants

    Women's Enterprise for Sustainability (WES)

    Women's Enterprise for Sustainability (WES) empowers women-led organizations in Tunisia to operate training centers as social enterprises offering courses in leadership, entrepreneurship and social media. Through these centers, aspiring and established women entrepreneurs across Tunisia gain new skills and networks, launch new businesses, and develop as innovative leaders in their communities.

Contact
Trish Tierney 
Director, Center for Women's Leadership Initiatives
E-mail: wli@iie.org
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