IIE Center for Women’s Leadership Initiatives Announces Launch of Two New Programs

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At the 3rd World Innovation Summit on Education in Doha, the Institute of International Education announced the launch of the IIE Center for Women’s Leadership Initiatives. The Center will build on IIE’s existing work promoting gender equity, scaling up to provide more opportunities for women worldwide to pursue higher education, participate in cutting-edge training, mentorships, and professional development and exchange programs. Through the Center's programs, women will develop and join networks of peers, mentors, and experts, enabling them to serve as effective leaders in the public and private sectors around the world.

IIE’s Center for Women’s Leadership Initiatives will partner with Microsoft Corporation and other public and private funders to expand access to education and training in technology, entrepreneurship, and leadership for women worldwide. The initial focus will be on activities in the Middle East and North Africa, including Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Microsoft Corporation has committed financial and in-kind resources to the partnership, including its new Microsoft Micro and Small Scale Enterprise curricula.

The IIE Center also launched a new initiative, the African Centers of Excellence for Women’s Leadership (ACE-Leaders), funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. This three-year, $1 million program will select and support four organizations in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, and Ethiopia to become centers of excellence in women’s advocacy and leadership training in Sub-Saharan Africa, working in key development areas of economic empowerment, family planning, and girls’ education.

For more information, please visit: www.iie.org/Who-We-Are/News-and-Events/Press-Center/Press-Releases/2011/2011-11-02-WISE-Center-For-Womens-Leadership