WOMEN LEAD INC

FY 2024/25 MARKED A YEAR OF EXPANSION AND DEEPENED IMPACT FOR WOMEN LEAD NEPAL THROUGH ITS LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS, OUTREACH EFFORTS, ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES, AND PUBLIC-FACING EVENTS. THE ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS ACROSS NEPAL AND STRENGTHENING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND FEMINIST LEADERSHIP. THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS REFLECT AN ORGANIZATION ROOTED IN EMPOWERMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, AND INTERSECTIONALITY. BY DEEPENING ALUMNI INVOLVEMENT, BROADENING OUTREACH, AND CONTINUING TO INNOVATE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, WLEAD HAS FURTHER SOLIDIFIED ITS ROLE AS A LEADING PLATFORM FOR CULTIVATING YOUNG FEMINIST LEADERS ACROSS NEPAL. WOMEN AND GIRLS. THIS YEAR, OUR FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, THE LEAD COURSE, CONTRIBUTED TO THE GRADUATION OF 26 LEADERS DURING. WOMEN LEADS SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (SLP) IS ONE OF THE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LEAD PROGRAM, IN WHICH OUR LEAD COURSE LEADERS (ADOLESCENT GIRLS) CO-LEAD WEEKLY WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS OVER FOUR MONTHS. SLP SERVES AS A TWO-WAY LEARNING PROCESS FOR LEADERS, AND SLP STUDENTS AS SCHOOL-LEVEL STUDENTS ARE GUIDED ON THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS WHILE OUR LEADERS GET FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE IN ACTUAL PROGRAM DESIGN IN THE FIELD. THROUGH THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (SLP), WE REACHED A TOTAL OF 224 PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING 58 BOYS AND 166 GIRLS. THE PARTICIPANTS ATTENDED 10-DAY SESSIONS CONDUCTED BY CO-LEADERS WHO VISITED 13 SCHOOLS IN KATHMANDU VALLEY. ADDITIONALLY, THE YOUNG WOMENS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP COURSE (YWPLC), ANOTHER FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, CELEBRATED THE GRADUATION OF 16 FELLOWS. IN ADDITION TO THESE FLAGSHIP PROGRAMS, WOMEN LEADS OUTREACH EFFORTS SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED 33 YOUNG GIRLS THROUGH THE YOUNG WOMENS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND 130 YOUNG GIRLS THROUGH Y4Y: ALLIES FOR FEMINIST LEADERSHIP COURSE, FURTHER EXPANDING THE ORGANIZATIONS REACH AND IMPACT.