Ateliers de formation

Working with our full network of partner organizations, we implement grassroots leadership workshops in 18 countries using our signature training manual Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women.

Workshops have enabled women to engage in collective action, build their self-confidence, and develop strong leadership and communication skills. Participants in WLP trainings have gone on to change the division of labor in their families, take on new responsibility at work, run for local office, establish food cooperatives and other economic projects, and coordinate campaigns, among other activities.

Leading to Choices leadership workshops are guided by a participatory leadership methodology designed to empower women, enabling them to develop strong leadership skills. We believe that good leadership is based on the ability to communicate, listen, build consensus, and work in partnership with allies to develop a shared vision and implement an action plan. Everyone can be a leader and, at various times, both a leader and a follower. Sharing power and respect creates a strong group identity that both empowers individuals to achieve personal goals and mobilizes the group for collective action.