Women's Empowerment and Leadership Development for Democratisation

feminism; feminist leadership; capacity building; political participation; workshop

IWE-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Change for Domestic, Informal and Home-Based Female Workers

22/10/2015

The last post explained the concpet of WeSIS and the three schools that used it to empower informal workers, domestic workers, and home-based workers. The IWE-WELDD programme in Indonesia partners with Mitra Wanita Pekerja Rumahan Indonesia (MWPRI)for home-based workers; with JALA PRT, a network of organizations promoting the fulfilment of the rights of domestic workers; and Yayasan Annisa Swasti (YASANTI) working to strengthen the capacity of female porters. Here, we bring you voices from the participants of these three workshops, all of which talk about the positive change that has been brought into their lives.

IWE-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Well-being, Self-Care and Integrated Security

22/10/2015

Today's post will explain the concept of WeSIS--Well-being, self-care, and Integrated security. This will give some background on IWE-WELDD's emphasis on this sphere, and how they implemented it with their partners. The next post will contain participants' voices and how WeSIS made an active difference to their lives.

IWE-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Pluralism as Seen Through the Islamic Lens, Pt. 2

21/10/2015

Today is part-two of the last post, which explained IWE's collaboration with Solidaritas Perempuan Aceh (Aceh Women Solidarity) and RAHIMA in order to introduce the concept of pluralism to the people of West Java and Aceh.

IWE-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Pluralism as Seen Through the Islamic Lens

20/10/2015

Today’s post will feature the first part of a two-part post, containing snippets from participants of the WELDD programme under IWE and Solidaritas Perempuan (Aceh Women Solidarity), designed to introduce the concept of pluralism as stated in the Quran to those in Aceh.

IWE-WELDD Butterfly Effect: Contributing to the Advancement of Women and Girls

19/10/2015

In the second part of the Butterfly Effect series, IWE-WELDD shares testimonials from participants of their programmes in Indonesia. These powerful snippets are reminiscent of the flaps of a butterfly’s wing, and have set in motion a hurricane in the future.

The WLUML-WELDD Butterfly Effect: School, Not Marriage for Young Girls

21/09/2015

The first story in the Butterfly Effect series is about Fatima* a schoolteacher in Nigeria, who managed to prevent one of her students from undergoing child marriage.

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