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Achieving Dreams in Yemen: Female Factory Worker Becomes Influential Teacher

Young women in Yemen are securing professional, economic, and leadership opportunities that were unobtainable to them before their participation in the Young Women’s Leadership Program (YWLP).

One of these women, Enas Nathier Kalusi, was tired of working in a local factory and dreamed of becoming a teacher. When rejected for a teaching position, she applied to YWLP, a rigorous two-year program that she was unsure she would enjoy. Read More

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IREX Women's Empowerment Programs

In many countries where IREX works, women face challenges with respect to illiteracy, immobility, lack of control over fertility, reduced access to credit, and limited participation in decision-making processes.

In response to this need, IREX works closely with local women’s NGOs to strengthen their organizations, expand their services, and support their initiatives to improve the lives of women and girls. Since 1998, IREX has designed and implemented women’s empowerment programs through support to local women’s organizations.  Activities include:

• Long-term organizational development and targeted technical   assistance
• Local and international networking of women’s organizations
• Grants for expansion of services, creation of pilot projects, and roll-out of proven best practices
• Information distribution, awareness raising, advocacy, and dialogue on issues of importance to women

Directly and through its local partners, IREX provides assistance and mentoring to individuals in areas that include:

• Empowerment and leadership training for women and girls
• Job skills training for women, especially economically disadvantaged women
• Business and entrepreneurship training
• Computer and Internet skill building for women and girls
• Sensitive and appropriate media coverage of gender issues
• Training of trainers in the above topics

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